selected publications

• article

  • EPC adhesion to arteries from diabetic and non-diabetic patients: Effect of pioglitazone.  Frontiers in Bioscience.  14:3608-3618. 2009-01-01
  • Importance of intracellular Angiotensin II in vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis: Inhibition by the Angiotensin AT1 receptor antagonist irbesartan.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  567:231-239. 2007-01-01
  • Pioglitazone induces apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle cells from diabetic patients involving the transforming growth factor-β/activin receptor-like kinase-4/5/7/Smad2 signaling pathway.  Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  321:431-438. 2007-01-01
  • Human vascular smooth muscle cells from diabetic patients are resistant to induced apoptosis due to high Bcl-2 expression.  Diabetes.  55:1243-1251. 2006-01-01
  • Kaempferol inhibits apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle induced by a component of oxidized LDL.  European Journal of Pharmacology.  529:79-83. 2006-01-01