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Eph-B4 mediates vein graft adaptation by regulation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Jan 2017
Wang Mo, Collins Michael J, Foster Trenton R, Bai Hualong, Hashimoto Takuya, Santana Jeans M, Shu Chang, Dardik Alan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Vein graft adaptation is characterized by loss of expression of the tyrosine kinase receptor Eph-B4, the embryonic determinant of venous identity, without increased expression of its ligand ephrin-B2, the embryonic determinant of arterial identity. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is an important mediator of vessel remodeling. We hypothesized that the mechanism of action of Eph-B4 during vein...
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