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Transplanted perivascular adipose tissue accelerates injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia: role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Aug 2014
Manka David, Chatterjee Tapan K, Stoll Lynn L, Basford Joshua E, Konaniah Eddy S, Srinivasan Ramprasad, Bogdanov Vladimir Y, Tang Yaoliang, Blomkalns Andra L, Hui David Y, Weintraub Neal L
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OBJECTIVE: Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) expands during obesity, is highly inflamed, and correlates with coronary plaque burden and increased cardiovascular risk. We tested the hypothesis that PVAT contributes to the vascular response to wire injury and investigated the underlying mechanisms. APPROACH AND RESULTS: We transplanted thoracic aortic PVAT from donor mice fed a high-fat diet to the carotid...
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