NR4A receptors up-regulate the antiproteinase alpha-2 macroglobulin (A2M) and modulate MMP-2 and MMP-9 in vascular smooth muscle cells
The Department investigates the molecular basis and signaling pathways associated with damage and repair in ischemic and inflammatory-based diseases associated with abdominal organs (liver, pancreas, and kidney), cancer, and cardiovascular disease but also other. idiopathic diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis.