Syndromic and non-syndromic aneurysms of the human ascending aorta share activation of the Smad2 pathway.
Common features such as elastic fibre destruction, mucoid accumulation, and smooth muscle cell apoptosis are co-localized in aneurysms of the ascending aorta of various aetiologies. Recent experimental studies reported an activation of TGF-beta in aneurysms related to Marfan (and Loeys-Dietz) syndro...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2009
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