Phenotypic Modulation of Mesenteric Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells from Type 2 Diabetic Rats is Associated with Decreased Caveolin-1 Expression
Aims: Diabetes-induced vascular complications are associated with vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic modulation, switching from a contractile to a synthetic-proliferative phenotype. Loss of caveolin-1 is involved with proliferation of VSMCs. We tested the hypothesis that mesenteric VSMCs...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Cell Physiol Biochem Press GmbH & Co KG
2014-10-01
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Series: | Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/366354 |