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Cigarette Smoke Initiates Oxidative Stress-Induced Cellular Phenotypic Modulation Leading to Cerebral Aneurysm Pathogenesis.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Mar 2018
Starke Robert M, Thompson John W, Ali Muhammad S, Pascale Crissey L, Martinez Lege Alejandra, Ding Dale, Chalouhi Nohra, Hasan David M, Jabbour Pascal, Owens Gary K, Toborek Michal, Hare Joshua M, Dumont Aaron S
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OBJECTIVE: Cigarette smoke exposure (CSE) is a risk factor for cerebral aneurysm (CA) formation, but the molecular mechanisms are unclear. Although CSE is known to contribute to excess reactive oxygen species generation, the role of oxidative stress on vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotypic modulation and pathogenesis of CAs is unknown. The goal of this study was to investigate whether CSE activates a NOX...
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