A New Mfn-2 Related Synthetic Peptide Promotes Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Apoptosis via Regulating the Mitochondrial Apoptotic Pathway by Inhibiting Akt Signaling

The authors investigated whether mitofusin-2 (Mfn-2) gene related peptide enhanced apoptotic activities to inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell accumulation and neointimal hyperplasia in rats with carotid balloon injury.