Thrombospondin-1 null mice are resistant to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Chronic hypoxia induces pulmonary hypertension in mice. Smooth muscle cell hyperplasia and medial thickening characterize the vasculature of these animals. Thrombospondin-1 null (TSP-1(-/-)) mice spontaneously develop pulmonary smooth muscle cell hyperplasia and medial thic...

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Autores principales: Ochoa, Cristhiaan D, Yu, Lunyin, Al-Ansari, Essam, Hales, Charles A, Quinn, Deborah A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20441584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2877040/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20441584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-32

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