Heart protein regulates blood vessel maintenance
Monday, May 11, 2009 - 10:35
in Health & Medicine
BOSTON (May 11, 2009) -- In a study led by Akiko Hata, PhD, of Tufts University School of Medicine, researchers have shown that a protein expressed in the heart, FHL2, inhibits the genes necessary for the quiescence of vascular smooth muscle cells (vSMCs), which line blood vessels.