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Arterial injury promotes medial chondrogenesis in Sm22 knockout mice.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Apr 2011
Shen Jianbin, Yang Maozhou, Jiang Hong, Ju Donghong, Zheng Jian-Pu, Xu Zhonghui, Liao Tang-Dong, Li Li
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AIMS: Expression of SM22 (also known as SM22alpha and transgelin), a vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) marker, is down-regulated in arterial diseases involving medial osteochondrogenesis. We investigated the effect of SM22 deficiency in a mouse artery injury model to determine the role of SM22 in arterial chondrogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sm22 knockout (Sm22(-/-)) mice developed prominent medial...
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