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Mural Cell-Specific Deletion of Cerebral Cavernous Malformation 3 in the Brain Induces Cerebral Cavernous Malformations.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Sept 2020
Wang Kang, Zhang Haifeng, He Yun, Jiang Quan, Tanaka Yoshiaki, Park In-Hyun, Pober Jordan S, Min Wang, Zhou Huanjiao Jenny
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Cerebral cavernous malformations (CCM), consisting of dilated capillary channels formed by a single layer of endothelial cells lacking surrounding mural cells. It is unclear why CCM lesions are primarily confined to brain vasculature, although the 3 CCM-associated genes (CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3) are ubiquitously expressed in all tissues. We aimed to determine the role of CCM gene in brain mural cell in...
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