E0156 Urotensin II promotes monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 expression in aortic adventitial fibroblasts of rat

Abstract

BackgroundRecent studies reported that vascular adventitial fibroblasts (AFs) are involved in the development of vascular inflammatory diseases, such as atherosclerosis. Urotensin II (UII), a potent vasoconstrictive peptide, could stimulate phenotype...