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Impaired Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor II Signaling in a Transforming Growth Factor-β–Dependent Mouse Model of Pulmonary Hypertension and in Systemic Sclerosis
21 Jan 2015
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RATIONALE: Up to 10% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This risk persists throughout the disease and is time dependent, suggesting that SSc is a susceptibility factor. Outcome for SSc-PAH is poor compared with heritable or idiopathic forms, despite clinical and pathological similarities. Although susceptibility in heritable PAH and idiopathic PAH is strongly...
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