Widening the prostacyclin paradigm: tissue fibroblasts are a critical site of production and 2 anti-thrombotic protection
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Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
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1524-4636
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Prostacyclin is a fundamental signaling pathway traditionally associated with the cardiovascular system and protection against thrombosis but which also has regulatory functions in fibrosis, proliferation, and immunity. Prevailing dogma states that prostacyclin is principally derived from vascular endothelium, although it is known that other cells can also synthesize it. However, the role of nonendothelial sources in prostacyclin production has not been systematically evaluated resulting in an underappreciation of their importance relative to better characterized endothelial sources...
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Armstrong, P; kirkby, NCollections
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