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The MAP kinase JNK2 mediates cigarette smoke-induced arterial thrombosis.
Thrombosis and haemostasis - 5 Jan 2017
Breitenstein Alexander, Stämpfli Simon F, Reiner Martin F, Shi Yi, Keller Stephan, Akhmedov Alexander, Schaub Clerigué Ariane, Spescha Remo D, Beer Hans-Jürg, Lüscher Thomas F, Tanner Felix C, Camici Giovanni G
Abstract excerpt
Despite public awareness of its deleterious effects, smoking remains a major cause of death. Indeed, it is a risk factor for atherothrombotic complications and in line with this, the introduction of smoking ban in public areas reduced smoking-associated cardiovascular complications. Nonetheless, smoking remains a major concern, and molecular mechanisms by which it causes cardiovascular disease are not known....
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