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Smad7 misexpression during embryonic angiogenesis causes vascular dilation and malformations independently of vascular smooth muscle cell function.
Developmental biology - 15 Dec 2001
Vargesson N, Laufer E
Abstract excerpt
Numerous in vitro and in vivo studies implicate transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) superfamily signaling in vascular development and maintenance. Mice and humans with mutations in TGFbeta superfamily signaling pathway genes exhibit a range of vascular defects that include dilated, fragile and hemorrhagic vessels, defective angiogenic remodeling, severe vascular malformations including arterio-venous...
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