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Thrombomodulin Induces a Quiescent Phenotype and Inhibits Migration in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro.
Annals of vascular surgery - 1 Jan 2016
Bass Heather M, Beard Richard S, Cha Byeong J, Yuan Sarah Y, Nelson Peter R
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BACKGROUND: Loss of critical endothelial cell function and subsequent vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration is central to the pathology of injury-induced neointimal hyperplasia and recurrent stenosis. Thrombomodulin (TM), well known for its function as an endothelial surface anticoagulant, may have an unknown direct effect on VSMC physiology that would be lost after injury. Here, we examined a novel effect...
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