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J.S.D. is on the scientific advisory board of Regulus Therapeutics and Promedior. He has stock options in Promedior.
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Starting the scar: a primary role for pericytes?. Nat Med 17, 1052–1053 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0911-1052
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