Cellular senescence at the saphenofemoral junction in patients with healthy, primary varicose and recurrent varicose veins - A pilot study

CONCLUSION: We found significantly higher expression rates of p53 in primary varicose veins at the saphenofemoral junction than in healthy veins. p16 expression tended to be increased in the recurrent varicose vein group. These preliminary findings indicate that cellular senescence may have an impact in the development of varicose veins or recurrence. Further studies addressing this issue are necessary.PMID:33938326 | DOI:10.1177/17085381211012882

Source: Vascular - May 3, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Dominic M ühlberger Anne-Katrin Zumholz Erich Brenner Achim Mumme Markus St ücker Thomas Falkenstein Thomas Hummel Source Type: research