Transforming growth factor-β signaling in schistosomiasis-induced pulmonary hypertension: a perspective for antifibrotic drugs?

Circulation. 2013 Sep 17;128(12):1284-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005221. Epub 2013 Aug 19.

Authors

Djuro Kosanovic¹, Ralph Theo Schermuly

Affiliation

¹ Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Giessen, Germany.

PMID: 23958564
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.005221

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; hypertension, pulmonary; pyridones; schistosomiasis; transforming growth factors.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Animals
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / metabolism*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / parasitology*
Schistosoma mansoni*
Schistosomiasis mansoni / metabolism*
Signal Transduction / physiology*
Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism*

Substances

Transforming Growth Factor beta