Mechanisms of pulmonary vascular dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension and implications for novel therapies

H Christou, RA Khalil - American Journal of Physiology …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious disease characterized by various degrees of
pulmonary vasoconstriction and progressive fibroproliferative remodeling and inflammation …

Right ventricular fibrosis and dysfunction: Actual concepts and common misconceptions

B Egemnazarov, S Crnkovic, BM Nagy, H Olschewski… - Matrix Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Fibrosis and remodeling of the right ventricle (RV) are associated with RV dysfunction and
mortality of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) but it is unknown how much RV …

Standards and methodological rigor in pulmonary arterial hypertension preclinical and translational research

S Provencher, SL Archer, FD Ramirez… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Despite advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology and the management of
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), significant therapeutic gaps remain for this …

Animal models of pulmonary hypertension: Getting to the heart of the problem

JP Dignam, TE Scott, BK Kemp‐Harper… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Despite recent therapeutic advances, pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains a fatal disease
due to the development of right ventricular (RV) failure. At present, no treatments targeted at …

Treatment of pulmonary hypertension with angiotensin II receptor blocker and neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril/valsartan

RT Clements, A Vang, A Fernandez-Nicolas… - Circulation: Heart …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Angiotensin II has been implicated in maladaptive right ventricular (RV)
hypertrophy and fibrosis associated with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Natriuretic peptides …

Contribution of impaired parasympathetic activity to right ventricular dysfunction and pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension

D da Silva Gonçalves Bós, CEE Van Der Bruggen… - Circulation, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The beneficial effects of parasympathetic stimulation have been reported in left
heart failure, but whether it would be beneficial for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) …

Delayed microvascular shear adaptation in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Role of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 cleavage

R Szulcek, CM Happe, N Rol, RD Fontijn… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Altered pulmonary hemodynamics and fluid flow–induced high shear stress
(HSS) are characteristic hallmarks in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension …

Experimental animal models of pulmonary hypertension: Development and challenges

XH Wu, JL Ma, D Ding, YJ Ma, YP Wei… - Animal Models and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is clinically divided into 5 major types, characterized by
elevation in pulmonary arterial pressure (PAP) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) …

Animal models of pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and meta-analysis of data from 6126 animals

K Sztuka, M Jasińska-Stroschein - Pharmacological research, 2017 - Elsevier
Numerous animal models of pulmonary hypertension are currently available. A systematic
review and meta-analysis was performed of a number of experimental studies of disease …

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 …