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Cellular phenotype transformation occurs during thoracic aortic aneurysm development.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Sept 2010
Jones Jeffrey A, Zavadzkas Juozas A, Chang Eileen I, Sheats Nina, Koval Christine, Stroud Robert E, Spinale Francis G, Ikonomidis John S
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OBJECTIVE: Thoracic aortic aneurysms result from dysregulated remodeling of the vascular extracellular matrix, which may occur as a result of altered resident cellular function. The present study tested the hypothesis that aortic fibroblasts undergo a stable change in cellular phenotype during th...
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