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. 2024 Jan 2;55(1):51–67. doi: 10.1007/s10735-023-10171-4

Fig. 11.

Fig. 11

Working model. VNS improves VSMC metabolism and arteriogenesis in the infarcted heart through m/n-AChR-Akt1-SDF-1α. VNS and acetylcholine (ACh)-induced SDF-1α expression optimized the VSMC metabolism pattern characterized by increased CPT1α/β and Glut1/4 expression while promoting arteriogenesis in the infarcted heart, which was related to the ACh/m/nAChR/Akt signaling cascade