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Cyclic stretch-mediated release of vascular endothelial growth factor by vascular smooth muscle cells : a role in improved vascular graft patency

In the light of studies which show the upregulation of VEGF in contractile cells subjected to cyclic stretch and the profound effects which cyclic stretch has been shown to have on the release of other cytokines by SMC, this study investigates the role which cyclic stretch might play in VEGF express...

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Main Author: Smith, James Douglas
Other Authors: Zilla, Peter
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Division of Cardiology 2017
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