Article
[Pulmonary hypertension: pathophysiology, genetics and functional genomics].
Der Internist - 1 Jul 2005
Eickelberg O, Seeger W
Abstract excerpt
Novel discoveries of the genetic basis of pulmonary hypertension have recently inspired a whole new area of research in pulmonary medicine. The finding that germ-line mutations in the BMPR2 locus, encoding a transmembrane receptor of the TGF beta superfamily, are the cause for familial and partly idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension has provided new clues for our understanding of this complex, yet highly...
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