High Glucose Levels Promote Switch to Synthetic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells via Lactate/GPR81
Hyperglycemia, lipotoxicity, and insulin resistance are known to increase the secretion of extracellular matrix from cardiac fibroblasts as well as the activation of paracrine signaling from cardiomyocytes, immune cells, and vascular cells, which release fibroblast-activating mediators. However, the...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2024-01-01
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Series: | Cells |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/13/3/236 |