The effect of losartan on angiotensin II-induced cell proliferation in a rat aorta smooth muscle cell line

The success of revascularization procedures is limited by recurrent stenosis, which is a narrowing of a blood vessels that results from neo-intimal hyperplasia. The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system has been implicated in the pathogenesis of neo-intimal hyperplasia, and a role for angiotensin II...

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Main Authors: Natália Tambelline, Karen Oliveira, Luiz Renato Olchanheski Junior, Regina Sordi, Michel Fleith Otuki, Giovani Marino Favero, Daniel Fernandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2012-04-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132012000200012