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Induction of pulmonary hypertensive changes by extracellular vesicles from monocrotaline-treated mice.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Dec 2013
Aliotta Jason M, Pereira Mandy, Amaral Ashley, Sorokina Arina, Igbinoba Zenas, Hasslinger Alexander, El-Bizri Rabih, Rounds Sharon I, Quesenberry Peter J, Klinger James R
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: Circulating endothelium-derived extracellular vesicles (EV) levels are altered in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) but whether they are biomarkers of cellular injury or participants in disease pathogenesis is unknown. Previously, we found that lung-derived EVs (LEVs) induce bone marrow-derived progenitor cells to express lung-specific mRNA and protein. In this study, we sought to determine whether LEV...
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