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Increased expression of the transforming growth factor-beta signaling pathway, endoglin, and early growth response-1 in stable plaques.
Stroke - 1 Feb 2009
Bot Pieter T G, Hoefer Imo E, Sluijter Joost P G, van Vliet Patrick, Smits Anke M, Lebrin Franck, Moll Frans, de Vries Jean-Paul, Doevendans Pieter, Piek Jan J, Pasterkamp Gerard, Goumans Marie-José
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Unstable atherosclerotic plaques are characterized by increased macrophages and reduced smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and collagen content. Endoglin, an accessory transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) receptor, is a modulator of TGFbeta signaling recently found to be expr...
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