Term Name: vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation
Synonyms: vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation, VSMC differentiation
Definition: The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell acquires specialized features of a vascular smooth muscle cell.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0035886]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: vasculature development
has parts: vascular associated smooth muscle cell development vascular associated smooth muscle cell fate commitment
is a type of: smooth muscle cell differentiation
has subtype: aortic smooth muscle cell differentiation cardiac vascular smooth muscle cell differentiation vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation involved in phenotypic switching
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation
regulated by: regulation of vascular associated smooth muscle cell differentiation