The four-and-a-half LIM domain protein 2 regulates vascular smooth muscle phenotype and vascular tone.

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In response to vascular injury, differentiated vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs) undergo a unique process known as "phenotype modulation," transitioning from a quiescent, "contractile" phenotype to a proliferative, "synthetic" state. We have demonstrated previously that the signaling pathway of bone morphogenetic proteins, members of the transforming growth factor beta family, play a role in the induction and...

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