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Gremlin promotes vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Feb 2008
Maciel Thiago T, Melo Rosilene S, Schor Nestor, Campos Alexandre H
Abstract excerpt
Recent reports highlight the importance of BMP in the vasculature. We investigated the expression pattern and role of the BMP antagonist gremlin in VSMC. We detected gremlin mRNA constitutive expression in adult and embryonic rat aortic VSMC, and in rat carotids. In vitro analysis demonstrated that angiotensin II, TGF-beta1 and PDGF induced significant changes in gremlin mRNA expression. Gremlin stable...
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