Using promoter assays with either a constitutively activated or a dominant negative form of STAT3, they also demonstrated that this transcription factor was responsible for the expression of MMP2, FGF2 and VEGF [61]. This indicated that STAT3-dependent signaling played a role in regulating ...
NCSC: neural crest stem cells NGF: neural growth factor VSMCs: vascular smooth muscle cells EnMT: endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition PBMNCs: peripheral blood mononuclear cells STAT3: signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 AP-1: activating protein-1 PAFR: platelet-activating...