This study aimed to investigate the effects of advanced glycation end products
(AGEs) on the calcification of human arterial smooth muscle cells (HASMCs) and to
explore whether AGEs can promote the calcification of HASMCs by activating the
phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT-glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
(GSK3-
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AGEs promote calcification of HASMCs by mediating Pi3k/AKT-GSK3 signaling
Qing-Chun Hou1,2, Jun-Wei Wang2, Gang Yuan3, Yu-Ping Wang3, Kai-Qiang Xu3, Lei Zhang1, Xiong-Fei Xu1, Wei-Jian Mao2, Yong Liu1,4,5,*
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Department of General Surgery (Vascular Surgery), The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, 646000 Luzhou, China
2
Department of Pediatric Surgery & Vascular Surgery, Zigong Fourth People’s Hospital, 643000 Zigong, China
3
Department of Vascular Surgery, Southwestern Medical University Affiliated Chinese Medicine Hospital, 646000 Luzhou, China
4
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Key Laboratory of Luzhou, 646000 Luzhou, China
5
Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology, Ministry of Education & Medical Electrophysiological Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, (Collaborative Innovation Center for Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases) Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, 646000 Luzhou, China
*Correspondence: Lyong74@163.com (Yong Liu)
Front. Biosci. (Landmark Ed) 2021, 26(6), 125–134;
https://doi.org/10.52586/4929
Submitted: 11 September 2020 | Accepted: 5 March 2021 | Published: 30 May 2021
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by BRI.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Keywords
Advanced glycation end products
Calcification
HASMCs
AKT
GSK3-
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