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A comparison of oxidized LDL-induced collagen secretion by graft and aortic SMCs: role of PDGF.
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol
September 2004
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan and Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48019, USA.
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) from prosthetic vascular grafts constitutively secrete higher levels of collagen than aortic SMCs. Lipid oxidation products accumulate in grafts, and we postulated that they stimulate SMC production of collagen. The effect of oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) on type I collagen secretion by aortic and graft SMCs was compared.
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