Posts Tagged ‘cardiology’
FIRST LOOK: Signaling and Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Our laboratory has investigated the role of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of vascular disease. Loss-of-function mutations involving this pathway are implicated in several congenital vascular syndromes including heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (HPAH) and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) syndrome. A physiologic balance of BMP, Activin,…
Read MoreFIRST LOOK: A Novel Epigenetic Complex Implicated in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm (TAA)
The Lindsay laboratory focuses on the clinical expression and molecular etiology of human thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). Aneurysm represents the anatomic expression of aortic organ failure with dilation and eventual tear; an event termed “dissection” associated with high mortality. In our research we use human and murine genetics as well as animal modeling to investigate…
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