… on PVAT-mediated VSMC proliferation was further evidenced by studies of visfatin, an adipokine
… of all those growth factors. The significance of PVAT-derived growth factors on vascular …

… of endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), … treatment with the hepatic
fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21)… In conclusion, PVAT-derived visfatin may contribute to its pro-…

… cell dysfunction, recruit proinflammatory immune cells, and induce vascular smooth muscle
cell (VSMC) proliferation. … of angiogenesis is the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). …

… al. delivered adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells to the … Visfatin was recently
determined to be highly expressed in human macrophages and vascular smooth muscle cells …

… pathways featured vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-… -derived growth factor (PDGF)
and insulin-like growth factor (… augment vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. …

… adipocytokines, chemokines and growth factors. In an … modulates vascular smooth muscle
cells (VSMCs) tonus, cell … heterogeneous adipose tissue derived from multiple progenitor cells…

… dysfunction involving vascular smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells. … genes) and its
transcription factors may be another … In addition, PVAT secretes free fatty acids, resistin, visfatin, …

… cell markers, such as platelet-derived growth factor receptor-α (PGDFRα), myogenic factor
5 (Myf5), smooth muscle … fibroblastic progenitor cells but not vascular smooth muscle cells (…

… Vascular smooth muscle proliferation is a specific feature of … Visfatin has been shown to
act as a growth factor for rat … in foam cells as well as smooth muscle cells in atherosclerotic …

… cytokines, chemokines, growth factors (such as VEGF), … II), which acts on vascular smooth
muscle cells in the media to … Resistin and visfatin are two other adipokines that do the …