The aim of this study was to determine what changes in the arterial wall are related to age. In two groups of rabbits, one young and one adult, the aorta and carotid were studied using a morphometric approach based on stereological axioms and planimetric morphometry. The problem of anisotropy of smooth muscle cells is discussed in detail. Two forms of anisotropy must be distinguished, that of single cell and that due to the histological pattern of the smooth muscle cells in the arterial wall. Our results show in adult animals, as compared to the young ones, statistically significant decrease in anisotropy of the cell pattern which tends to become more regular. Moreover, in aorta and carotid of young and adult animals there is an increment of 95.39% and 80% of the absolute cell volume, respectively. We suggest that there may be a direct relationship between aging and phenotypical modulation of the smooth muscle cells and that the modification of the architectural cell pattern with age may represent an adaptive event related to the change in forces acting upon the arterial wall.

Mauriello, A., Orlandi, A., Palmieri, G., Spagnoli, L.g., Oberholzer, M., Christen, H. (1992). Age-related modification of average volume and anisotropy of vascular smooth muscle cells. PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 188(4-5), 630-636.

Age-related modification of average volume and anisotropy of vascular smooth muscle cells

MAURIELLO, ALESSANDRO;ORLANDI, AUGUSTO;PALMIERI, GIAMPIERO;SPAGNOLI, LUIGI GIUSTO;
1992-06-01

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine what changes in the arterial wall are related to age. In two groups of rabbits, one young and one adult, the aorta and carotid were studied using a morphometric approach based on stereological axioms and planimetric morphometry. The problem of anisotropy of smooth muscle cells is discussed in detail. Two forms of anisotropy must be distinguished, that of single cell and that due to the histological pattern of the smooth muscle cells in the arterial wall. Our results show in adult animals, as compared to the young ones, statistically significant decrease in anisotropy of the cell pattern which tends to become more regular. Moreover, in aorta and carotid of young and adult animals there is an increment of 95.39% and 80% of the absolute cell volume, respectively. We suggest that there may be a direct relationship between aging and phenotypical modulation of the smooth muscle cells and that the modification of the architectural cell pattern with age may represent an adaptive event related to the change in forces acting upon the arterial wall.
giu-1992
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Esperti anonimi
Settore MED/08 - ANATOMIA PATOLOGICA
English
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Phenotype; Carotid Arteries; Animals; Anisotropy; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular; Aorta; Aging; Rabbits; Microscopy, Electron; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Mauriello, A., Orlandi, A., Palmieri, G., Spagnoli, L.g., Oberholzer, M., Christen, H. (1992). Age-related modification of average volume and anisotropy of vascular smooth muscle cells. PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, 188(4-5), 630-636.
Mauriello, A; Orlandi, A; Palmieri, G; Spagnoli, Lg; Oberholzer, M; Christen, H
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