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PAC1 deficiency attenuates progression of atherosclerosis in ApoE deficient mice under cholesterol-enriched diet.
Immunobiology - 1 May 2020
Splitthoff Paul, Rasbach Erik, Neudert Philip, Bonaterra Gabriel A, Schwarz Anja, Mey Lilli, Schwarzbach Hans, Eiden Lee E, Weihe Eberhard, Kinscherf Ralf
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The neuropeptide, pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) is vasoactive and cytoprotective and exerts immunoregulatory functions throughout the nervous, neuroendocrine cardiovascular and immune systems in health and disease. PACAP mainly acts through PAC1 receptor signaling in neuronal communication, but the role of PAC1 in immune regulation of atherosclerosis is not known. Here, we generated...
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