Epigenetics enters the stage in vascular malformations

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Cerebral arteriovenous malformations represent the most common form of vascular malformations and can cause recurrent bleeding and hemorrhagic stroke. The current issue of the JCI features an article by Zhao et al. describing a mouse model of cerebral arteriovenous malformations. Endothelial cells lacking matrix Gla protein, a BMP inhibitor, underwent epigenetic changes characteristic of an...

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