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Increased susceptibility to pulmonary hypertension in heterozygous BMPR2-mutant mice.
Circulation - 26 Jul 2005
Song Yanli, Jones John E, Beppu Hideyuki, Keaney John F, Loscalzo Joseph, Zhang Ying-Yi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Bone morphogenetic protein receptor-2 (BMPR2)-heterozygous, mutant (BMPR2(+/-)) mice have a genetic trait similar to that of certain patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). To understand the role of BMPR2 in the development of IPAH, we examined the phenotype of BMPR2(+/-) mice and their response to inflammatory stress. METHODS AND RESULTS: BMPR2(+/-) mice were found to have...
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