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SUBMITTER: Tao M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3645930 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tao Ming M Yu Peng P Nguyen Binh T BT Mizrahi Boaz B Savion Naphtali N Kolodgie Frank D FD Virmani Renu R Hao Shuai S Ozaki C Keith CK Schneiderman Jacob J
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20121206 2
<h4>Objective</h4>Leptin promotes atherosclerosis and vessel wall remodeling. As abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation involves tissue remodeling, we hypothesized that local leptin synthesis initiates and promotes this process.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Human surgical AAA walls were analyzed for antigen and mRNA levels of leptin and leptin receptor, as well as mRNA for matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-9 and MMP-12. Leptin and leptin receptor antigen were evident in all AAAs, and leptin, MMP- ...[more]