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Coronary artery disease risk gene PRDM16 regulates smooth muscle homeostasis.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Apr 2026
Dong Kunzhe, Zuo Yingbing, Yao Yali, He Xiangqin, Hu Guoqing, Peng Xiaoping, Zhou Jiliang
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OBJECTIVE: Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are the primary contractile component of blood vessels and can undergo phenotypic switching from a contractile to a synthetic phenotype in vascular diseases such as coronary artery disease (CAD) and restenosis. This process leads to decreased expression of SMC lineage genes and increased proliferative, migratory and secretory abilities that drive disease...
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