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Differentiation defect in neural crest-derived smooth muscle cells in patients with aortopathy associated with bicuspid aortic valves.
EBioMedicine - 1 Aug 2016
Jiao Jiao, Xiong Wei, Wang Lunchang, Yang Jiong, Qiu Ping, Hirai Hiroyuki, Shao Lina, Milewicz Dianna, Chen Y Eugene, Yang Bo
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with bicuspid aortic valves (BAV) are at a higher risk of developing thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) than patients with trileaflet aortic valves (TAV). The aneurysms associated with BAV most commonly involve the ascending aorta and spare the descending aorta. Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in the ascending and descending aorta arise from neural crest (NC) and paraxial mesoderm (PM), respectively. We...
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