Impact of the tissue factor pathway inhibitor gene on apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle cells

Tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) plays a vitally important role in the blood coagulation pathway. Recent studies indicated that TFPI induces apoptosis in vascular smooth-muscle cells (VSMCs) in animals. The present study investigated whether the TFPI gene could also induce apoptosis in human v...

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Main Authors: Xia Dong, Li-ping Song, Dun-wan Zhu, Hai-ling Zhang, Lan-xia Liu, Xi-gang Leng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2011-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000100005