Gerald Meininger, University of Missouri-Columbia (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Gerald Meininger, University of Missouri-Columbia

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Gerald Meininger determined that smooth muscle cells, which line the interior of vascular walls, are a major contributing factor to vascular stiffness -- one of the major causes of hypertension.

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