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Somatic chromosome abnormalities in the lungs of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine - 1 Nov 2010
Aldred Micheala A, Comhair Suzy A, Varella-Garcia Marileila, Asosingh Kewal, Xu Weiling, Noon George P, Thistlethwaite Patricia A, Tuder Rubin M, Erzurum Serpil C, Geraci Mark W, Coldren Christopher D
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RATIONALE: Vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) involves proliferation and migration of endothelial and smooth muscle cells, leading to obliterative vascular lesions. Previous studies have indicated that the endothelial cell proliferation is quasineoplastic, with evidence of monoclonality and instability of short DNA microsatellite sequences. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether there is...
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