Apolipoprotein(a) acts as a chemorepellent to human vascular smooth muscle cells via integrin αVβ3 and RhoA/ROCK-mediated mechanisms☆
•Acute application of apo(a) to smooth muscle cells induced chemorepulsion.•Chronic application (>24 h) induced stress fibre formation and cell spreading.•Effects of apo(a) were mediated by integrin αVβ3, tyrosine kinases and RhoA/ROCK.•Apo(a) impaired SMC motility which potentially contributes t...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3731554/ |