Cigarette smoking alters microRNA expression profiling and contributes to pulmonary artery remodeling via targeting connective tissue growth factor

Ran Wang (Hefei, China), Ran Wang, Gengyun Sun, Sijing Zhou

Source: International Congress 2015 – Pulmonary hypertension: rare and hereditary causes of PAH
Session: Pulmonary hypertension: rare and hereditary causes of PAH
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 588
Disease area: Pulmonary vascular diseases

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