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Cyclic adenosine monophosphate response-element binding protein activation by mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 3 and four-and-a-half LIM domains 5 plays a key role for vein graft intimal hyperplasia.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Jan 2013
Nakanishi Keisuke, Saito Yukihiro, Azuma Nobuyoshi, Sasajima Tadahiro
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OBJECTIVE: Intimal hyperplasia (IH) is the main cause of vein graft stenosis or failure after bypass surgery. Basic investigations are proceeding in an animal model of mechanically desquamated arteries, and numerous molecules for potential IH treatments have been identified; however, neither insights into the mechanism of IH nor substantially effective treatments for its suppression have been developed. The goals...
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