Article
Adrenomedullin as an Autocrine/Paracrine Apoptosis Survival Factor for Rat Endothelial Cells*
1 Jun 1997
Abstract excerpt
Adrenomedullin is a potent vasorelaxant/hypotensive peptide recently isolated from human pheochromocytoma. We demonstrate here a novel role of this peptide as an apoptosis survival factor for rat endothelial cells. When rendered quiescent by serum deprivation, a fraction of endothelial cell cultures showed morphological and biochemical features characteristic of apoptosis. Adrenomedullin significantly suppressed...
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