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Activation of vascular smooth muscle parathyroid hormone receptor inhibits Wnt/beta-catenin signaling and aortic fibrosis in diabetic arteriosclerosis.
Circulation research - 23 Jul 2010
Cheng Su-Li, Shao Jian-Su, Halstead Linda R, Distelhorst Kathryn, Sierra Oscar, Towler Dwight A
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RATIONALE: Vascular fibrosis and calcification contribute to diabetic arteriosclerosis, impairing Windkessel physiology necessary for distal tissue perfusion. Wnt family members, upregulated in arteries by the low-grade inflammation of "diabesity," stimulate type I collagen expression and osteoge...
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