Current and future treatments of pulmonary arterial hypertension

N Sommer, HA Ghofrani, O Pak… - British journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic options for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have increased over the last
decades. The advent of pharmacological therapies targeting the prostacyclin, endothelin …

Targeting vascular remodeling to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension

AAR Thompson, A Lawrie - Trends in molecular medicine, 2017 - cell.com
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) describes a group of conditions with a common
hemodynamic phenotype of increased pulmonary artery pressure, driven by progressive …

Sex and gender differences in lung disease

P Silveyra, N Fuentes, DE Rodriguez Bauza - Lung Inflammation in Health …, 2021 - Springer
Sex differences in the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system have been widely
reported. These intrinsic sex differences have also been shown to modulate the …

[HTML][HTML] Sex, gender, and sex hormones in pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure

J Hester, C Ventetuolo, T Lahm - Comprehensive Physiology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) encompasses a syndrome of diseases that are characterized
by elevated pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular remodeling and that …

Obesity, estrogens and adipose tissue dysfunction–implications for pulmonary arterial hypertension

KM Mair, R Gaw, MR MacLean - Pulmonary circulation, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Obesity is a prevalent global public health issue characterized by excess body fat. Adipose
tissue is now recognized as an important endocrine organ releasing an abundance of …

Plasma metabolomics implicates modified transfer RNAs and altered bioenergetics in the outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension

CJ Rhodes, P Ghataorhe, J Wharton… - Circulation, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a heterogeneous disorder with high
mortality. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive study of plasma metabolites using …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiology and new advances in pulmonary hypertension

S Bousseau, RS Fais, S Gu, A Frump, T Lahm - BMJ medicine, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pulmonary hypertension is a progressive and often fatal cardiopulmonary condition
characterised by increased pulmonary arterial pressure, structural changes in the pulmonary …

Treatment targets for right ventricular dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension

SZ Prisco, T Thenappan, KW Prins - Basic to Translational Science, 2020 - jacc.org
Right ventricle (RV) dysfunction is the strongest predictor of mortality in pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH), but, at present, there are no therapies directly targeting the failing RV …

Selenoprotein P promotes the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension: possible novel therapeutic target

N Kikuchi, K Satoh, R Kurosawa, N Yaoita… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Excessive proliferation and apoptosis resistance of pulmonary artery smooth
muscle cells (PASMCs) are key mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) …

Anastrozole in pulmonary arterial hypertension. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

SM Kawut, CL Archer-Chicko, A DeMichele… - American journal of …, 2017 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The aromatase inhibitor anastrozole blocks the conversion of androgens to
estrogen and blunts pulmonary hypertension in animals, but its efficacy in treating patients …