Actin cytoskeleton dynamics promotes leptin-induced vascular smooth muscle hypertrophy via RhoA/ROCK- and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B-dependent pathways.

Zeidan A, Paylor B, Steinhoff KJ, Javadov S, Rajapurohitam V, Chakrabarti S, Karmazyn M. Actin cytoskeleton dynamics promotes leptin-induced vascular smooth muscle hypertrophy via RhoA/ROCK- and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B-dependent pathways. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2007 Sep; 322(3):1110-6.

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subject areas

Actins
Animals
Cytoskeleton
Hypertrophy
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Leptin
Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Rats
rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
rho-Associated Kinases
Signal Transduction

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Sabzali Javadov

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