BMP9 in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Decades of BMP Studies in Vascular Biology Paying Off?

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James West. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;203(11):1341-1342.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.202012-4388ED.

¹ Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, Critical Care Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, Tennessee.

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Circulating BMP9 Protects the Pulmonary Endothelium during Inflammation-induced Lung Injury in Mice.
Li W, Long L, Yang X, Tong Z, Southwood M, King R, Caruso P, Upton PD, Yang P, Bocobo GA, Nikolic I, Higuera A, Salmon RM, Jiang H, Lodge KM, Hoenderdos K, Baron RM, Yu PB, Condliffe AM, Summers C, Nourshargh S, Chilvers ER, Morrell NW. Li W, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Jun 1;203(11):1419-1430. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202005-1761OC. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 33320799 Free PMC article.

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