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The role of collagen in extralobar pulmonary artery stiffening in response to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Dec 2010
Ooi Chen Yen, Wang Zhijie, Tabima Diana M, Eickhoff Jens C, Chesler Naomi C
Abstract excerpt
Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH) causes extralobar pulmonary artery (PA) stiffening, which potentially impairs right ventricular systolic function. Changes in the extracellular matrix proteins collagen and elastin have been suggested to contribute to this arterial stiffening. We hypothesized that vascular collagen accumulation is a major cause of extralobar PA stiffening in HPH and tested our hypothesis with...
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