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Possible Mechanical Roles of Glycosaminoglycans in Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Associations with...

Possible Mechanical Roles of Glycosaminoglycans in Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Associations with...

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Possible Mechanical Roles of Glycosaminoglycans in Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Associations with Dysregulated Transforming Growth Factor-β

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Possible Mechanical Roles of Glycosaminoglycans in Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Associations with Dysregulated Transforming Growth Factor-β

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Basel, Switzerland

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Journal of vascular research, 2013-01, Vol.50 (1), p.1-10

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English

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Basel, Switzerland

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Background: Four distinguishing histopathological characteristics of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (TAADs) are the fragmentation or degradation of elastic fibers, loss of smooth muscle, pooling of glycosaminoglycans, and remodeling of fibrillar collagens. Of these, pooling of glycosaminoglycans appears to be unique to these lesions. Met...

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Possible Mechanical Roles of Glycosaminoglycans in Thoracic Aortic Dissection and Associations with Dysregulated Transforming Growth Factor-β

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TN_cdi_crossref_citationtrail_10_1159_000342436

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_crossref_citationtrail_10_1159_000342436

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1018-1172

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1423-0135

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10.1159/000342436

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