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The proinflammatory phenotype of PECAM-1-deficient mice results in atherogenic diet-induced steatohepatitis.
American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology - 1 Dec 2007
Goel Reema, Boylan Brian, Gruman Lynn, Newman Peter J, North Paula E, Newman Debra K
Abstract excerpt
The severity of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is determined by environmental and genetic factors, the latter of which are incompletely characterized. Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1) is a 130-kDa transmembrane glycoprotein expressed on blood and vascular cells. In the present study, we provide data for the novel finding that genetic deficiency of PECAM-1 potentiates the development...
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