Hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF/FIZZ1/RELM alpha) recruits bone marrow-derived cells to the murine pulmonary vasculature.

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease of multiple etiologies with several common pathological features, including inflammation and pulmonary vascular remodeling. Recent evidence has suggested a potential role for the recruitment of bone marrow-derived (BMD) progenitor cells to this remodeling pro...

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Main Authors: Daniel J Angelini, Qingning Su, Irina A Kolosova, Chunling Fan, John T Skinner, Kazuyo Yamaji-Kegan, Michael Collector, Saul J Sharkis, Roger A Johns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2889818?pdf=render