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SUBMITTER: Yu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2749566 | biostudies-literature | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yu Ying Y Keller Steve H SH Remillard Carmelle V CV Safrina Olga O Nicholson Ann A Zhang Shenyuan L SL Jiang Weihua W Vangala Nivruthi N Landsberg Judd W JW Wang Jian-Ying JY Thistlethwaite Patricia A PA Channick Richard N RN Robbins Ivan M IM Loyd James E JE Ghofrani Hossein A HA Grimminger Friedrich F Schermuly Ralph T RT Cahalan Michael D MD Rubin Lewis J LJ Yuan Jason X-J JX
Circulation 20090420 17
<h4>Background</h4>Excessive proliferation of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) plays an important role in the development of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), whereas a rise in cytosolic Ca2+ concentration triggers PASMC contraction and stimulates PASMC proliferation. Recently, we demonstrated that upregulation of the TRPC6 channel contributes to proliferation of PASMCs isolated from IPAH patients. This study sought to identify single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) ...[more]