Vascular smooth muscle-MAPK14 is required for neointimal hyperplasia by suppressing VSMC differentiation and inducing proliferation and inflammation

Injury-induced stenosis is a serious vascular complication. We previously reported that p38α (MAPK14), a redox-regulated p38MAPK family member was a negative regulator of the VSMC contractile phenotype in vitro. Here we evaluated the function of VSMC-MAPK14 in vivo in injury-induced neointima hyperp...

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Main Authors: Wen Wu, Wei Zhang, Mihyun Choi, Jinjing Zhao, Ping Gao, Min Xue, Harold A. Singer, David Jourd'heuil, Xiaochun Long
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Redox Biology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231719301363