Inhibition of ERK or Akt ameliorates intimal hyperplasia via up-regulation of Cx37 and down-regulation of Cx43 in balloon injury rat model
Author(s) -
Lemen Pan,
Haizhen Ni,
Wen-Xu Jin,
Xiang Yao Su
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt-20-345
Subject(s) - neointima , proliferating cell nuclear antigen , restenosis , mapk/erk pathway , protein kinase b , immunostaining , medicine , intimal hyperplasia , hyperplasia , western blot , andrology , pathology , phosphorylation , endocrinology , immunohistochemistry , chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , stent , biochemistry , smooth muscle , gene
Connexins (Cxs) are reported to participate in atherosclerosis associated intimal hyperplasia (IH), while their function involved in the balloon injury (BI) induced IH and restenosis is less reported.
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