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Phenotypic changes in vascular smooth muscle cells during aging: insulin effect on migration.
Gerontology - 1 Jan 1998
Muñoz F J, Jiménez M, Melón J, Ruiz-Torres A
Abstract excerpt
We examined the mechanisms by which insulin may be atherogenic during aging. We postulated that an increase in insulin secretion during aging produces growth factor effects on vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), promoting these cells to synthesize collagen and to migrate. We have previously demonstrated that insulin stimulates collagen synthesis and release in senescent VSMCs that were obtained from a human...
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