BET Bromodomain Blockade Mitigates Intimal Hyperplasia in Rat Carotid Arteries

•Blocking BET epigenetic readers with JQ1(+) mitigates neointimal proliferation in balloon-injured rat carotid arteries.•JQ1(+) or BRD4 knockdown inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration, and PDGF receptor expression.•JQ1(+) prevents inflammatory dysfunction of vascular endothel...

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Main Authors: Wang, Bowen, Zhang, Mengxue, Takayama, Toshio, Shi, Xudong, Roenneburg, Drew Alan, Craig Kent, K., Guo, Lian-Wang
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4740308/