Crucial role of RAGE in inappropriate increase of smooth muscle cells from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Crucial role of RAGE in inappropriate increase of smooth muscle cells from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

BACKGROUND:Pulmonary vascular remodeling of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by an inappropriate increase of vascular cells. The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a type I single-pass transmembrane protein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily and is...

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Main Authors: Kazufumi Nakamura, Masakiyo Sakaguchi, Hiromi Matsubara, Satoshi Akagi, Toshihiro Sarashina, Kentaro Ejiri, Kaoru Akazawa, Megumi Kondo, Koji Nakagawa, Masashi Yoshida, Toru Miyoshi, Takeshi Ogo, Takahiro Oto, Shinichi Toyooka, Yuichiro Higashimoto, Kei Fukami, Hiroshi Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6122782?pdf=render

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