Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 on Arteriovenous Fistula Remodelling and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype Switching in Diabetic Rats

Jun-Neng Roan^1,2, Wei-Kung Tseng³, Chwan-Yau Luo², Ping-Chia Li⁴, Wei-Hung Lin¹, Yau-Sheng Tsai¹ and Chen-Fuh Lam^5*

¹Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, E-mail: lamcf@mail.tzu.edu.tw

²Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, E-mail: lamcf@mail.tzu.edu.tw

³Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University (Yanchao Campus), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, E-mail: lamcf@mail.tzu.edu.tw

⁴Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University (Yanchao Campus), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, E-mail: lamcf@mail.tzu.edu.tw

⁵Department of Anesthesiology, Buddhist Tzu-Chi General Hospital and Tzu-Chi University School of Medicine, Hualien, Taiwan, E-mail: lamcf@mail.tzu.edu.tw