Progenitor cells confer plasticity to cardiac valve endothelium.

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The endothelium covering the aortic, pulmonary, mitral, and tricuspid valves looks much like the endothelium throughout the vasculature, in terms of general morphology and expression of many endothelial markers. Closer examination, however, reveals important differences and hints of a unique phenotype that reflects the valvular endothelium's embryonic history, and potentially, its ability to maintain integrity...

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