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Cytostatic drugs differentially affect phenotypic features of porcine coronary artery smooth muscle cell populations.
FEBS letters - 22 Dec 2007
Prunotto Marco, Bacchetta Marc, Jayaraman Swaminathan, Galloni Marco, Van Eys Guillaume, Gabbiani Giulio, Bochaton-Piallat Marie-Luce
Abstract excerpt
We studied the effects of cytostatic drugs on porcine coronary artery spindle-shaped (S) and rhomboid (R) smooth muscle cell (SMC) biological activities related to intimal thickening (IT) formation. Imatinib, and to a lesser extent curcumin, decreased proliferation of S- and R-SMCs and migratory and urokinase activities of R-SMCs more efficiently compared with cyclosporine plus rapamycin. Imatinib increased the...
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