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Phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells through interaction of Foxo4 and myocardin.
Developmental cell - 1 Aug 2005
Liu Zhi-Ping, Wang Zhigao, Yanagisawa Hiromi, Olson Eric N
Abstract excerpt
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) modulate their phenotype between proliferative and differentiated states in response to physiological and pathological cues. Insulin-like growth factor-I stimulates differentiation of SMCs by activating phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt signaling. Foxo forkhead transcription factors act as downstream targets of Akt and are inactivated through phosphorylation by Akt. We show that...
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