Upregulation and activation of Stat6 precede vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in carotid artery injury model

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 931-939

  Baetta, Roberta ^a   Soma, Maurizio ^a   De Fraja, Claudio ^a   Comparato, Carmen ^a   Teruzzi, Chiara ^a   Magrassi, Lorenzo ^b   Cattaneo, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intima hyperplasia; Proliferation; Stat6; Vascular injury; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0034077745     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.4.931     Document Type: Article

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