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TSG-6 is highly expressed in human abdominal aortic aneurysms.
J Surg Res
December 2017
Indiana University School of Medicine, Richard Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery and Center for Aortic Disease, Indianapolis, Indiana. Electronic address:
Background: The formation of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is characterized by a dominance of proinflammatory forces that result in smooth muscle cell apoptosis, extracellular matrix degradation, and progressive diameter expansion. Additional defects in the antiinflammatory response may also play a role but have yet to be fully characterized. TSG-6 (TNF-stimulated gene-6) is a potent antiinflammatory protein involved in extracellular matrix stabilization and cell migration active in many pathological conditions.
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