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Insights into Serotonin Signaling Mechanisms Associated with Canine Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease
11 Nov 2009
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the molecular abnormalities associated with canine degenerative mitral valve disease (DMVD). The pathology of DMVD involves the differentiation and activation of the normally quiescent mitral valvular interstitial cell (VIC) into a more active myofibroblast phenotype, which mediates many of the histological and molecular changes in affected the valve tissue. In both humans and experimental...
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