1.0Department of Cell Biology and Physiology/cellbiophysioJanice Warfford/cellbiophysio/author/janclark/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6YPvI6It7R"><a href="/cellbiophysio/directory/christopher-mack-phd/">Christopher Mack, PhD</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/cellbiophysio/directory/christopher-mack-phd/embed/#?secret=6YPvI6It7R" width="600" height="338" title="“Christopher Mack, PhD” — Department of Cell Biology and Physiology" data-secret="6YPvI6It7R" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /cellbiophysio/wp-content/uploads/sites/734/2021/04/MackChris14.jpg188250Research Interests Although we are interested in many areas of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology, the main focus of the laboratory is on the regulation of smooth muscle cell (SMC) growth and differentiation. SMC differentiation is very important during the formation of the vasculature, and alterations in the differentiation state of SMC have been shown to … Read more