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A proatherogenic role for cGMP-dependent protein kinase in vascular smooth muscle cells.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Nov 2003
Wolfsgruber Wiebke, Feil Susanne, Brummer Sabine, Kuppinger Oliver, Hofmann Franz, Feil Robert
Abstract excerpt
Nitric oxide (NO) exerts both antiatherogenic and proatherogenic effects, but the cellular and molecular mechanisms that contribute to modulation of atherosclerosis by NO are not understood completely. The cGMP-dependent protein kinase I (cGKI) is a potential mediator of NO signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs). Postnatal ablation of cGKI selectively in the SMCs of mice reduced atherosclerotic lesion...
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