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Role of complement 3a in the synthetic phenotype and angiotensin II-production in vascular smooth muscle cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats.
American journal of hypertension - 1 Mar 2012
Han Ying, Fukuda Noboru, Ueno Takahiro, Endo Morito, Ikeda Kazuya, Xueli Zhou, Matsumoto Taro, Soma Masayoshi, Matsumoto Koichi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR)-derived vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) show exaggerated growth with a synthetic phenotype and angiotensin II (Ang II)-production. To evaluate the contribution of complement 3 (C3) or C3a toward these abnormalities in SHR, we examined effects of a C3a receptor inhibitor on proliferation, phenotype, and Ang II-production in VSMCs from SHR and Wistar-Kyoto...
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