Fig. 1.
Mechanisms through which PGC-1α influences the vasculature and regulates atherosclerotic disease progression. Manganese superoxide dismutase, MnSOD; nitric oxide, NO; sirtuin 1, SIRT 1; forkhead box O3, FOXO3a; tumor necrosis factor-alpha, TNFα; nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells, NF-κB; Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha, HIF-1α; reactive oxygen species, ROS; telomerase reverse transcriptase, TERT; forkhead box O3, FOXO3a; vascular smooth muscle cell, VSMC.
