Article
The pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension. Endothelium.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Sept 2001
Tuder R M, Cool C D, Yeager M, Taraseviciene-Stewart L, Bull T M, Voelkel N F
Abstract excerpt
Dysfunctional endothelial cells have a central and critical role in the initiation and progression of severe pulmonary hypertension. The elucidation of the mechanisms involved in the control of endothelial cell proliferation and cell death in the pulmonary vasculature, therefore, is fundamentally important in the pathogenesis of severe pulmonary hypertension and of great interest for a better understanding of...
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