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SUBMITTER: Tsai MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6068105 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsai Min-Shao MS Chiang Ming-Tsai MT Tsai Dong-Lin DL Yang Chih-Wen CW Hou Hsien-San HS Li Yi-Ru YR Chang Po-Chiao PC Lin Heng-Huei HH Chen Huan-Yuan HY Hwang Ing-Shouh IS Wei Pei-Kuen PK Hsu Chiao-Po CP Lin Kuo-I KI Liu Fu-Tong FT Chau Lee-Young LY
Scientific reports 20180731 1
Vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) migration play a key role in the development of intimal hyperplasia and atherosclerosis. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is a redox-sensitive β-galactoside-binding lectin expressed in VSMCs with intracellular and extracellular localizations. Here we show that VSMCs deficient in Gal-1 (Gal-1-KO) exhibited greater motility than wild type (WT) cells. Likewise, Gal-1-KO-VSMC migration was inhibited by a redox-insensitive but activity-preserved Gal-1 (CSGal-1) in a glycan-depend ...[more]