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CCN3: stopping that achy, breaky aorta

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) affects between 2 and 8 % of males over the age of 65. Mortality if ruptured is 85 to 90 %, Recent data by Zhang and colleagues (J Clin Invest 126(4):1282–1299 2016) suggest that CCN3 might be used to treat AAA. This Bits and Bytes summarizes these findings.

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Published in:J Cell Commun Signal
Main Author: Leask, Andrew
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Netherlands 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5362575/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27838899
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12079-016-0363-5
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