Endothelial cells and pulmonary arterial hypertension: apoptosis, proliferation, interaction and transdifferentiation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, whether idiopathic or secondary, is characterized by structural alterations of microscopically small pulmonary arterioles. The vascular lesions in this group of pulmonary hypertensive diseases show actively proliferating en...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-10-01
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| Series: | Respiratory Research |
| Online Access: | http://respiratory-research.com/content/10/1/95 |