Uric acid stimulates monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 production in vascular smooth muscle cells via mitogen-activated protein kinase and cyclooxygenase-2.

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Published in Hypertension on May 12, 2003

Authors

John Kanellis1, Susumu Watanabe, Jin H Li, Duk Hee Kang, Ping Li, Takahiko Nakagawa, Ann Wamsley, David Sheikh-Hamad, Hui Y Lan, Lili Feng, Richard J Johnson

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Nephrology, Baylor College of Medicine, SM-1273, 6550 Fannin St, Houston TX 77030. rjohnson@bcm.tmc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Renal Transplant Injury and the Renin-Angiotensin System in Kids (RETASK) (RETASK) | NCT03317925

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