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Macrophage lineages in heart valve development and disease.
Cardiovascular research - 22 Feb 2021
Kim Andrew J, Xu Na, Yutzey Katherine E
Abstract excerpt
Heterogeneous macrophage lineages are present in the aortic and mitral valves of the heart during development and disease. These populations include resident macrophages of embryonic origins and recruited monocyte-derived macrophages prevalent in disease. Soon after birth, macrophages from haematopoietic lineages are recruited to the heart valves, and bone marrow transplantation studies in mice demonstrate that...
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