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Endothelial injury in a transforming growth factor β-dependent mouse model of scleroderma induces pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Nov 2013
Derrett-Smith Emma C, Dooley Audrey, Gilbane Adrian J, Trinder Sarah L, Khan Korsa, Baliga Reshma, Holmes Alan M, Hobbs Adrian J, Abraham David, Denton Christopher P
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OBJECTIVE: To delineate the constitutive pulmonary vascular phenotype of the TβRIIΔk-fib mouse model of scleroderma, and to selectively induce pulmonary endothelial cell injury using vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibition to develop a model with features characteristic of pulmonary...
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