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Molecular responses of choroidal endothelial cells to elastin derived peptides through the elastin-binding protein (GLB1).
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 1 Mar 2012
Skeie Jessica M, Hernandez Jasmine, Hinek Aleksander, Mullins Robert F
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PURPOSE: Neovascular AMD involves the activation of choroidal endothelial cells to increase their inflammatory and angiogenic behaviors. Elastin derived peptides (EDPs) can elicit some of these phenotypic changes in endothelial cells. This investigation was performed to follow up on those findings by determining a receptor for these peptides in the human eye as well as evaluating the effects of elevated EDPs on...
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