Population
Mice with hind-limb ischemia and cultured human endothelial cells.
Comparison
Guanylyl cyclase-A deficiency in vivo; ANP… vs Wild-type mice in vivo; untreated cells in vitro.
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
28 days
Authors
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GC-A signaling may aid post-ischemic repair; hypothesis-generating in mice and should not yet change practice.
Endogenous ANP and BNP signaling via GC-A plays a critical role in reparative vascular remodeling and blood flow recovery following ischemia.
Tokudome et al. (2009) studied this question.
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