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Role of apoptosis in pulmonary hypertension: from experimental models to clinical trials.
Pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Apr 2010
Jurasz Paul, Courtman David, Babaie Saeid, Stewart Duncan J
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and lethal disease that has a strong female predominance, often affecting the young. Current therapies are mostly vasodilator agents, and while mainly addressing the endothelial dysfunction that has been widely reported in this disease, they may be less effective in treating arterial remodeling. The lung pathology of PAH is characterized by medial hypertrophy...
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