Sex differences in arterial identity correlate with neointimal hyperplasia after balloon injury.

Mingjie GaoXixiang GaoRyosuke TaniguchiAnand BrahmandamYutaka MatsubaraJia LiuHao LiuWeichang ZhangAlan Dardik

Published in: Molecular biology reports (2022)

Decreased neointimal thickness in female rats after carotid balloon injury is associated with altered arterial identity that is dependent on intact sex hormones. Alteration of arterial identity may be a mechanism of sex differences in neointimal proliferation after arterial injury.

Keyphrases

vascular smooth muscle cells
smooth muscle
signaling pathway
optical coherence tomography
angiotensin ii