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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Rattus Norvegicus
SUBMITTER: Zhali Huang
PROVIDER: PXD056117 | iProX | Sun Sep 22 00:00:00 BST 2024
REPOSITORIES: iProX
iScience 20240926 10
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening disease induced by abnormal activation of pulmonary adventitial fibroblasts (PAFs) in the early stage. The association between selenium deficiency and PAH is not yet fully understood. In this study, we found that the serum selenium content of PAH patients was significantly lower than that of healthy volunteers in two independent cohorts. Moreover, PAH patients with lower selenium levels may present poorer prognosis. Prophylactic seleniu ...[more]