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SUBMITTER: Wang D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4552606 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wang Dong D Deuse Tobias T Stubbendorff Mandy M Chernogubova Ekaterina E Erben Reinhold G RG Eken Suzanne M SM Jin Hong H Li Yuhuang Y Busch Albert A Heeger Christian-H CH Behnisch Boris B Reichenspurner Hermann H Robbins Robert C RC Spin Joshua M JM Tsao Philip S PS Schrepfer Sonja S Maegdefessel Lars L
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20150716 9
<h4>Objective</h4>Despite advances in stent technology for vascular interventions, in-stent restenosis (ISR) because of myointimal hyperplasia remains a major complication.<h4>Approach and results</h4>We investigated the regulatory role of microRNAs in myointimal hyperplasia/ISR, using a humanized animal model in which balloon-injured human internal mammary arteries with or without stenting were transplanted into Rowett nude rats, followed by microRNA profiling. miR-21 was the only significantly ...[more]