AORTIC PREFERENTIALLY-EXPRESSED GENE APEG-1 AND USES THEREOF

摘要

An aortic-preferentially-expressed gene-1 (APEG-1) polypeptide, DNA sequences encoding and controlling the transcription of APEG-1, methods of diagnosing vascular injury, and methods of inhibiting vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation by increasing the level of APEG-1 at the site of vascular injury.