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Basal ATP release signals through the P2Y2 receptor to maintain the differentiated phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 2024
Chen Xingjuan, Obukhov Alexander G, Weisman Gary A, Seye Cheikh I
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) dedifferentiation contributes substantively to vascular disease. VSMCs spontaneously release low levels of ATP that modulate vessel contractility, but it is unclear if autocrine ATP signaling in VSMCs is critical to the maintenance of the VSMC contractile phenotype. METHODS: We used pharmacological inhibitors to block ATP release in human aortic smooth...
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