Vasohibin-2 Aggravates Development of Ascending Aortic Aneurysms But Not Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Nor Atherosclerosis in ApoE Deficient Mice.

CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated that augmented VASH2 expression had no effect of AngII-induced abdominal AAs or atherosclerosis, while increasing dilation in the ascending aorta.
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Source: American Journal of Hypertension - November 12, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Otaka N, Uchida HA, Okuyama M, Hada Y, Onishi Y, Kakio Y, Takeuchi H, Umebayashi R, Tanabe K, Subramanian V, Daugherty A, Sato Y, Wada J Tags: Am J Hypertens Source Type: research