Pulmonary arterial hypertension: sex matters

JP Dignam, S Sharma, I Stasinopoulos… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complex disease of multifactorial origin. While
registries have demonstrated that women are more susceptible to the disease, females with …

The role of HMGB1, a nuclear damage-associated molecular pattern molecule, in the pathogenesis of lung diseases

M Wang, A Gauthier, LA Daley, K Dial, J Wu… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: High-mobility group protein box 1 (HMGB1), a ubiquitous nuclear protein,
regulates chromatin structure and modulates the expression of many genes involved in the …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics of inflammation process in monocrotaline-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension in rats

C Tang, Y Luo, S Li, B Huang, S Xu, L Li - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective A growing evidence demonstrates that inflammation is a major contributor to the
pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, blocking inflammation …

Hyperactivated RAGE in comorbidities as a risk factor for severe COVID-19—The role of RAGE-Ras crosstalk

S Chiappalupi, L Salvadori, R Donato, F Riuzzi, G Sorci - Biomolecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The receptor for advanced glycation-end products (RAGE) is a multiligand receptor with a
role in inflammatory and pulmonary pathologies. Hyperactivation of RAGE by its ligands has …

Focus on early events: pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension development

O Rafikova, I Al Ghouleh, R Rafikov - Antioxidants & redox signaling, 2019 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disease of the lung
vasculature characterized by the proliferation of all vascular wall cell types, including …

HIMF (hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor) signaling mediates the HMGB1 (high mobility group box 1)-dependent endothelial and smooth muscle cell crosstalk in …

Q Lin, C Fan, J Gomez-Arroyo… - … , and vascular biology, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: HIMF (hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor; also known as FIZZ1 [found in
inflammatory zone-1] or RELM [resistin-like molecule-α]) is an etiological factor of pulmonary …

Sex-specific stress response and HMGB1 release in pulmonary endothelial cells

M Zemskova, S Kurdyukov, J James, N McClain… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Women are known to be associated with a higher susceptibility to pulmonary arterial
hypertension (PAH). In contrast, male PAH patients have a worse survival prognosis. In this …

From nicotine to the cholinergic anti-inflammatory reflex–Can nicotine alleviate the dysregulated inflammation in COVID-19?

AG Gauthier, M Lin, J Wu, TP Kennedy… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 of 2019 (COVID-19) causes a pandemic that has been
diagnosed in more than 70 million people worldwide. Mild-to-moderate COVID-19 …

Necrosis-released HMGB1 (high mobility group box 1) in the progressive pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with male sex

M Zemskova, N McClain, M Niihori, MV Varghese… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Damage-associated molecular patterns, such as HMGB1 (high mobility group box 1), play a
well-recognized role in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a …

Sex-dependent mechanisms of cell death modalities in cardiovascular disease

C Horvath, G Kararigas - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Despite currently available therapies, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are among the leading
causes of death globally. Biological sex is a critical determinant of the occurrence …