Friday, February 28, 2014

Researcher Gets to the Root of Pulmonary Hypertension By Zooming in on Arteries

Previous research has shown that excess smooth muscle is a root problem in many vascular diseases, as it causes arteries to constrict and blood pressure to rise. Now, an in-depth analysis of arterioles in mice with pulmonary hypertension explains how those misplaced smooth muscle cells develop. The findings reported in the Cell Press journal iCell Reports/i on February 27th are important because nearly half of patients with pulmonary hypertension ...

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