Transforming Growth Factor-β in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Good, Bad, or Irrelevant?

J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Jan 24;6(1):e005221. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.005221.

Authors

Alan Daugherty^{1

2}, Zheying Chen^{3

2}, Hisashi Sawada³, Debra L Rateri³, Mary B Sheppard^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY alan.daugherty@uky.edu.
² Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
³ Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; aneurysm; cytokine; transforming growth factor‐β pathway aneurysm; vascular biology.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Transforming Growth Factor beta / genetics*
Transforming Growth Factors

Substances

Transforming Growth Factor beta
Transforming Growth Factors

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