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GDF-15 protects from macrophage accumulation in a mousemodel of advanced atherosclerosis

BACKGROUND: The cytokine growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a member of the TGF beta superfamily, has recently been discovered to play an important role in cardiovascular diseases. It is mostly expressed in macrophages of atherosclerotic lesions, but its impact on advanced atherosclerosis is...

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Autores principales: Preusch, Michael R, Baeuerle, Matthias, Albrecht, Claudia, Blessing, Erwin, Bischof, Marc, Katus, Hugo A, Bea, Florian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3701574/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23800095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-783X-18-19