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Contrasting vascular effects caused by loss of Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Dec 2010
Beyer Andreas M, Guo Deng-Fu, Sheffield Val C, Rahmouni Kamal
Abstract excerpt
Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a genetically heterogeneous, autosomal-recessive disorder associated with several clinical features including obesity, hypertension, and cardiovascular abnormalities. BBS proteins play an important role in the function of cilia, a mechanosensory organelle in endothelial cells, but whether these proteins are directly involved in the regulation of vascular function is unclear. Here,...
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