Angiotensin II induces proliferation of human cerebral artery smooth muscle cells through a basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) dependent mechanism

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-41

  Wang, Zhongbiao ^a   Rao, Pulipaka J ^a   Shillcutt, Samuel D ^a   Newman, Walter H ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Basic fibroblast growth factor; Cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 8844244063     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.09.068     Document Type: Article

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