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Argatroban, specific thrombin inhibitor, induced phenotype change of cultured rabbit vascular smooth muscle cells.
European journal of pharmacology - 7 Feb 2003
Yoshinaga Masatomi, Sunagawa Masanori, Shimada Seiji, Nakamura Mariko, Murayama Sadayuki, Kosugi Tadayoshi
Abstract excerpt
To investigate whether argatroban ((2R,4R)-4-methyl-1-[N(2)-((RS)-3-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-8-quinolinesulfonyl)-L-arginyl]-2-piperidinecarboxylic acid hydrate, a selective thrombin inhibitor, exerts a direct action on phenotype conversion of vascular smooth muscle cells, cultured rabbit aortic vascular smooth muscle cells were employed. Myosin heavy chain isoforms (SM1, SM2, and SMemb) mRNA expressions were...
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