PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 30856513-8 2019 In addition, Western blotting and quantitative real-time PCR showed that VSMCs exposed to nicotine underwent changes in the expression of differentiation markers (alpha-SMA, SM22alpha and osteopontin), confirming the role of nicotine in VSMC differentiation. Nicotine 90-98 actin alpha 2, smooth muscle, aorta Mus musculus 163-172