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Shortened life span, bradycardia, and hypotension in mice with targeted expression of an Igf2 transgene in smooth muscle cells.
Endocrinology - 1 Jun 2003
Zaina Silvio, Pettersson Linda, Thomsen Anne Bloch, Chai Chun-Ming, Qi Zhongquan, Thyberg Johan, Nilsson Jan
Abstract excerpt
IGF2 is known to affect the normal development and pathology of the cardiovascular system. We previously created mutant mice with targeted expression of an Igf2 transgene in the smooth muscle cells and showed that these mice spontaneously develop aortic intimal cushions. In the present work, we provide a general description of the phenotype of two independent lines of heterozygous transgenics. These mice showed...
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