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Premature Vascular Aging with Features of Plaque Vulnerability in an Atheroprone Mouse Model of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome with Ldlr Deficiency.
Cells - 8 Oct 2020
Nevado Rosa M, Hamczyk Magda R, Gonzalo Pilar, Andrés-Manzano María Jesús, Andrés Vicente
Abstract excerpt
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is among the most devastating of the laminopathies, rare genetic diseases caused by mutations in genes encoding nuclear lamina proteins. HGPS patients age prematurely and die in adolescence, typically of atherosclerosis-associated complications. The mechanisms of HGPS-related atherosclerosis are not fully understood due to the scarcity of patient-derived samples and the...
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