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Essential Role of Smooth Muscle STIM1 in Hypertension and Cardiovascular Dysfunction.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Sept 2016
Kassan Modar, Ait-Aissa Karima, Radwan Eman, Mali Vishal, Haddox Samuel, Gabani Mohanad, Zhang Wei, Belmadani Souad, Irani Kaikobad, Trebak Mohamed, Matrougui Khalid
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OBJECTIVES: Chronic hypertension is the most critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and stroke. APPROACH AND RESULTS: Here we show that wild-type mice infused with angiotensin II develop hypertension, cardiac hypertrophy, perivascular fibrosis, and endothelial dysfunction with enhanced stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) expression in heart and vessels. All these pathologies were...
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