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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-6-3
pubmed:abstractText
Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP) was originally characterized as a tumor product responsible for hypercalcemia of malignancy and was subsequently found to be produced in many normal tissues. PTHrP is now suggested to play a critical role in the local modulation of vascular smooth muscle function. To elucidate the involvement of PTHrP in coronary atherosclerosis, we immunohistochemically examined coronary arteries obtained from 76 patients with various grades of atherosclerosis and compared the correlation between PTHrP staining and the percent stenosis. Smooth muscle cells at sites of coronary atherosclerosis overexpressed PTHrP, while cells from normal coronary arteries did not. The in situ hybridization using PTHrP riboprobe has also proven the overexpression of PTHrPmRNA in the affected lesions following atherectomy. The intensity of PTHrP expression by smooth muscle cells was significantly correlated with the degree of coronary artery stenosis. Coronary arterial PTHrP overexpression is closely related to the severity and/or progression of coronary atherosclerosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
200
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
1028-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Coronary atherosclerotic smooth muscle cells overexpress human parathyroid hormone-related peptides.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Sakamoto, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article