Cristina M. Alvira

Nuclear Factor-κB Activation in Neonatal Mouse Lung Protects against Lipopolysaccharide-induced Inflammation

Alvira, Cristina M., Abate, Aida, Yang, Guang, Dennery, Phyllis A., Rabinovitch, Marlene

Rationale: Injurious agents often cause less severe injury in neonates as compared with adults.

An antiproliferative BMP-2/PPARγ/apoE axis in human and murine SMCs and its role in pulmonary hypertension

Hansmann, Georg, De Jesus Perez, Vinicio A., Alastalo, Tero-Pekka, Alvira, Cristina M., Guignabert, Christophe, Bekker, Janine M., ...

Loss-of-function mutations in bone morphogenetic protein receptor II (BMP-RII) are linked to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); the ligand for BMP-RII, BMP-2, is a negative regulator of SMC...