Cholinergic modulation of angiogenesis:
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Jenny C.F. Wu; Andrzej Chruscinski; Vinicio A. De Jesus Perez; Harvir Singh; Mar
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Pathological angiogenesis contributes to tobacco‐related diseases such as malignancy, atherosclerosis and age‐related macular degeneration. Nicotine acts on endothelial nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) to activate endothelial cells and to augment pathological angiogenesis. In