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Adiponectin deficiency: a model of pulmonary hypertension associated with pulmonary vascular disease.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Sept 2009
Summer Ross, Fiack Christopher A, Ikeda Yasumasa, Sato Kaori, Dwyer Daniel, Ouchi Noriyuki, Fine Alan, Farber Harrison W, Walsh Kenneth
Abstract excerpt
Adiponectin (APN) is an adipocyte-derived factor that exists at high concentrations in serum and has anti-inflammatory and systemic vascular-protective properties. In this study, we investigated the role of APN in pulmonary vascular homeostasis. We found that APN localizes to the luminal side of blood vessels in lung and acts in vitro to block TNF-alpha-induced E-selectin upregulation in pulmonary artery...
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