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Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; CCN family; CCN3; Cardiovascular disease; Matricellular proteins; Nov
Year: 2016 PMID: 27838899 PMCID: PMC5362575 DOI: 10.1007/s12079-016-0363-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cell Commun Signal ISSN: 1873-9601 Impact factor: 5.782