CCN5 suppresses injury-induced vascular restenosis by inhibiting smooth muscle cell proliferation and facilitating endothelial repair via thymosin beta4 and Cd9 pathway.
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Eur Heart J. 2025 May 2;46(17):1645-1658. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae911.
Eur Heart J. 2025.
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Mechanistic studies identified thymosin beta4 (Tbeta4) as a CCN5 interacting protein in ECs and EC-CCN5 promoted injury repair through Tbeta4 cleavage product Ac-SDKP. Also, CCN5rp promoted EC repair to suppress neointimal hyperplasia via interaction with Cd9 …
Mechanistic studies identified thymosin beta4 (Tbeta4) as a CCN5 interacting protein in ECs and EC-CCN5 promoted injury repair …