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N-cadherin upregulation and function in response of smooth muscle cells to arterial injury.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 2002
Jones Mara, Sabatini Peter J B, Lee Frank S H, Bendeck Michelle P, Langille B Lowell
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OBJECTIVE: Smooth muscle cell migration is critical to neointimal formation after arterial injury. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the regulation and functional significance of cell-cell adhesion via adherens junctions during this process. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using balloon catheter injury of rat carotid artery, we showed that neointimal formation is accompanied by dramatic but transient upregulation...
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