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VIP gene deletion in mice causes cardiomyopathy associated with upregulation of heart failure genes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Szema Anthony M, Hamidi Sayyed A, Smith S David, Benveniste Helene
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP), a pulmonary vasodilator and inhibitor of vascular smooth muscle proliferation, is absent in pulmonary arteries of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). We previously determined that targeted deletion of the VIP gene in mice leads to PAH with pulmonary vascular remodeling and right ventricular (RV) dilatation. Whether the left ventricle is...
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