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CYP1B1 expression promotes the proangiogenic phenotype of endothelium through decreased intracellular oxidative stress and thrombospondin-2 expression.
Blood - 15 Jan 2009
Tang Yixin, Scheef Elizabeth A, Wang Shoujian, Sorenson Christine M, Marcus Craig B, Jefcoate Colin R, Sheibani Nader
Abstract excerpt
Reactive species derived from cell oxygenation processes play an important role in vascular homeostasis and the pathogenesis of many diseases including retinopathy of prematurity. We show that CYP1B1-deficient (CYP1B1(-/-)) mice fail to elicit a neovascular response during oxygen-induced ischemic...
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