Evaluation of canine 2D cell cultures as models of myxomatous mitral valve degeneration.

The utility of cells cultured from the mitral valve as fashions of myxomatous ailments must be correctly validated. On this research valve interstitial cells (VICs) and valve endothelial cells (VECs) have been cultured from regular and diseased canine mitral valves in 2% (v/v) or 10% FBS media, within the presence of TGFβ1, 2 and three,…

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Metformin inhibits cholesterol‑induced adhesion molecule expression via activating the AMPK signaling pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells

Metformin inhibits cholesterol‑induced adhesion molecule expression via activating the AMPK signaling pathway in vascular smooth muscle cells

Recruitment of lymphocytes to the vascular wall contributes to the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis (AS). The expression of mobile adhesion molecules, comparable to vascular cell adhesion molecule‑1 and intercellular adhesion molecule‑1, serves a crucial function in mediating lymphocyte adhesion to the vascular wall. Ldl cholesterol loading induces the expression of adhesion molecules in vascular easy muscle cells (VSMCs),…

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