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Generation of a Mouse Model with Smooth Muscle Cell Specific Loss of the Expression of PPARγ.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2017
Rautureau Yohann, Paradis Pierre, Schiffrin Ernesto L
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An inducible tissue-specific knockout (KO) technique has been used to study the role of genes in the adult heart. This KO technique circumvents the developmental effect that could otherwise be observed in a tissue-specific KO. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) γ is a transcription factor that when activated has been shown to improve vascular remodeling and endothelial function in hypertensive...
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