PhysiologybioRxivPreprint
Cigarette smoking upregulates vascular expression of the novel atherosclerosis risk factor ADAMTS-7
Carla Abrahamian, M. Amin Sharifi, Tan An Dang…·Thorsten Kessler
This study shows cigarette smoke increases vascular ADAMTS7 expression through CCL17-CCR4 signaling, linking smoking to atherosclerosis via a novel gene-environment interaction.
DOI 10.1101/2025.10.28.685237