The transcriptional regulation of VEGF production from pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells by TGFβ1

Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is a rare and fatal disease of the pulmonary vasculature. Hyperplasia and hypertrophy of smooth muscle cells in muscular arteries and arrival of smooth muscle cell in non-muscular pulmonary arteries are key pathological features of PH. VEGF has a strong role in embryon...

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Main Author: Clifford, Rachel
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/78841/