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SUBMITTER: Shu B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6949835 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shu Bo B Zhuo Ming M Liu Zhijiang Z Lu Zhe Z Qian Minzhang M
International journal of clinical and experimental pathology 20190901 9
<h4>Objective</h4>To discover the effect of cholesterol on dedifferentiation of VSMCs <i>in vitro</i> and the underlying mechanisms.<h4>Methods</h4>Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) were employed to evaluate the role of cholesterol in regulating the dedifferentiation of VSMCs <i>in vitro</i>. Immunofluorescent staining, western blot, and RT-PCR were applied to uncover the inducing effect of cholesterol at a molecular level.<h4>Results</h4>We demonstrated that the cholesterol was capable of ind ...[more]