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Inhibition of transforming growth factor-beta signaling accelerates atherosclerosis and induces an unstable plaque phenotype in mice.
Circulation research - 9 Nov 2001
Mallat Z, Gojova A, Marchiol-Fournigault C, Esposito B, Kamaté C, Merval R, Fradelizi D, Tedgui A
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is a disease of the arterial wall that seems to be tightly modulated by the local inflammatory balance. Whereas a large body of evidence supports a role for proinflammatory mediators in disease progression, the understanding of the role of the antiinflammatory component in the modulation of plaque progression is only at its beginning. TGF-beta1, -beta2, and -beta3 are cytokines/growth factors with...
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