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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
To address the requirement for TGFbeta signaling in the formation and maintenance of the vascular matrix, we employed lineage-specific mutation of the type II TGFbeta receptor gene (Tgfbr2) in vascular smooth muscle precursors in mice. In both neural crest- and mesoderm-derived smooth muscle, absence of TGFbeta receptor function resulted in a poorly organized vascular elastic matrix in late-stage embryos which was prone to dilation and aneurysm. This defect represents a failure to initiate formation of the elastic matrix, rather than a failure to maintain a preexisting matrix. In mutant tissue, lysyl oxidase expression was substantially reduced, which may contribute to the observed pathology.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1526-968X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
115-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Aneurysm, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Elastic Tissue, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Matrix Metalloproteinase 9, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Protein-Lysine 6-Oxidase, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:19165826-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Absence of TGFbeta signaling in embryonic vascular smooth muscle leads to reduced lysyl oxidase expression, impaired elastogenesis, and aneurysm.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural