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Phenotypic Diversity of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Implications for Therapy.
Chest - 1 Jan 2022
Lechartier Benoit, Berrebeh Nihel, Huertas Alice, Humbert Marc, Guignabert Christophe, Tu Ly
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive incurable condition that is characterized by extensive remodeling of the pulmonary circulation, leading to severe right-sided heart failure and death. Similar to other vascular contractile cells, pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells play central roles in physiological and pathologic vascular remodeling because of their remarkable ability to dynamically...
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