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H J Schluesener1, R Meyermann.
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We have analyzed expression of a novel transforming growth factor type beta (TGF-beta)-related cytokine, bone morphogenetic protein-6 (BMP-6) in normal and atherosclerotic brain arteries. BMP-6 immunoreactivity was detected in smooth muscle cells of normal cerebral blood vessels. It is also expressed by smooth muscle cells of intimal plaques in atherosclerotically changed blood vessels. The BMPs regulate tissue modeling and remodeling and aberrant expression of BMPs might contribute to smooth muscle cell migration, proliferation, tissue reorganization and macrophage attraction, which are known mechanisms of atherosclerotic plaque formation.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7605353 DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(94)05438-o
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Atherosclerosis ISSN: 0021-9150 Impact factor: 5.162