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New Mutations and Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Hypertension: Progress and Puzzles in Disease Pathogenesis.
Circulation research - 29 Apr 2022
Aldred Micheala A, Morrell Nicholas W, Guignabert Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complex multifactorial disease with poor prognosis characterized by functional and structural alterations of the pulmonary circulation causing marked increase in pulmonary vascular resistance, ultimately leading to right heart failure and death. Mutations in the gene encoding BMPRII-a receptor for the TGF-β (transforming growth factor-beta) superfamily-account for over...
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