The collagenous exocytoskeleton of smooth muscle cells

S Gay, A Martinez-Hernandez, RK Rhodes… - Collagen and related …, 1981 - Elsevier
Using specific antibodies in immunoelectron microscope studies with vascular tissues, type
V collagen has been localized in basement membrane structures associated with discrete
regions of the smooth muscle cell surface as well as membranous structures adjacent to
endothelial cell membranes. These results confirm and extend earlier light microscope
observations suggesting that type V collagen is largely associated with the pericellular
environment in such tissues.