objective(s): the study aimed to investigate the effects of adrenomedullin (adm) and proadrenomedullin n- terminal 20 peptide (pamp) on angiotensin ii (angii)-stimulated proliferation in vascular smooth muscle cells (vsmcs). materials and methods: thoracic aorta was obtained from wistar rats and vsmcs were isolated from aorta tissues and then cultured. in vitro cultured vsmcs were stimulated wi...