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Rho GTPase, Rac1, regulates Skp2 levels, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, and intima formation in vitro and in vivo.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Nov 2008
Bond Mark, Wu Yih-Jer, Sala-Newby Graciela B, Newby Andrew C
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AIMS: Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation contributes to intima formation after angioplasty or venous by-pass grafting, and during atherosclerosis. VSMC proliferation requires degradation of p27(Kip1) promoted by S-phase kinase-associated protein-2 (Skp2), an F-box protein component of the Skp-Cullin-F-box(Skp2) ubiquitin-ligase. We investigated the role of Rac(1) in the regulation of Skp2 in rat...
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