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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Novel Genes Regulated by Hypoxia in the Lung Vasculature

Shelby Thomas, Sathiyanarayanan Manivannan, Vidu Garg, Brenda LillyNationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University.United States Journal of Vascular ResearchJ Vasc Res 2022; 59: 163-175DOI: 10.1159/000522340 AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic progressive disease with significant morbidity and mortality. The disease is characterized by vascular remodeling that includes increased muscularization of distal blood vessels and vessel […]

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Utilizing the Precision-Cut Lung Slice to Study the Contractile Regulation of Airway and Intrapulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle

Yan Bai, Xingbin AiMassachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.United States Journal of Visualized ExperimentsJ Vis Exp 2022; DOI: 10.3791/63932 AbstractSmooth muscle cells (SMC) mediate the contraction of the airway and the intrapulmonary artery to modify airflow resistance and pulmonary circulation, respectively, hence playing a critical role in the homeostasis of the pulmonary system. Deregulation of

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Pulmonary lymphangiectasia in myotubular myopathy: a novel unrecognized association?

Gabriela de Carvalho Nunes, Karl Grenier, Chelsea Maedler Kron, Thomas Kitzler, Janine El Helou, David S. Rosenblatt, Francois OlivierMcGill University Health Centre. Jewish General Hospital.Canada Neuromuscular DisordersNeuromuscul Disord 2022; 32: 512-515DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2022.04.010 AbstractChylothorax has been reported in rare cases of X-linked myotubular myopathy, but the pathophysiology of this association is not fully understood. We report a

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Case report: Pulmonary hypertensive crisis leading to cardiac arrest during endoscopic evaluation in a 6-year-old boy with autism, severe malnutrition, and undiagnosed scurvy

Laura A. Quinn, Stephanie P. Gilley, Allison D. Ta, Benjamin S. Frank, Carolyn B. Foley, Jaime M. MooreUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine.United States Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2022; DOI: 10.3389/fped.2022.1008507 AbstractPediatric gastroenterologists are often responsible for the evaluation of malnutrition in the setting of selective eating. Endoscopic evaluation for conditions including eosinophilic esophagitis and celiac

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Hidden cardiovascular morbidity in children and young adults born with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A population-based study

Katarina Övermo Tydén, Felicia Nordenstam, Björn Frenckner, Carmen Mesas BurgosKarolinska University Hospital. Sweden Journal of Pediatric SurgeryJ Pediatr Surg 2022; 57: 510-515DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2022.03.028 AbstractIntroduction: Congenital diaphragmatic (CDH) hernia is a rare congenital malformation with considerable mortality and morbidity in the neonatal period. The majority of the children today survive but little is known about long term cardiovascular

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Indications and outcome after lung transplantation in children under 12 years of age: A 16-year single center experience

Paval Iablonskii, Julia Carlens, Carsten Mueller, Khalil Aburahma, Adelheid Niehaus, Dietmar Boethig, Maximilian Boethig, Katharina Floethmann, Wiebke Sommer, Joerg Optenhoefel, Igor Tudorache, Mark Greer, Harald Koeditz, Thomas Jack, Georg Hansmann, Christian Kuehn, Alexander Horke, Gesine Hansen, Axel Haverich, Gregor Warnecke, Murat Avsar, Jawad Salman, Dmitry Bobylev, Fabio Ius, Nicolaus SchwerkHannover Medical School. Saint Petersburg State

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Hypoxic pulmonary endothelial cells release epidermal growth factor leading to vascular smooth muscle cell arginase-2 expression and proliferation

Bernadette Chen, Yi Jin, Caitlyn M. Pool, Yusen Liu, Leif D. NelinNationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University.United States Physiological ReportsPhysiol Rep 2022; DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15342 AbstractThe hallmark of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is vascular remodeling. We have previously shown that human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (hPMVEC) respond to hypoxia with epidermal growth factor (EGF) mediated activation of the receptor tyrosine kinase, EGF

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Neuroblastoma Suppressor of Tumorigenicity 1 Mediates Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Related to Congenital Heart Disease

Bin Wen, Rui Peng, Pengxu Kong, Zefu Li, Yao Liu, Wenbin Ouyang, Yongquan Xie, Xiaopeng Hu, Qiang Wang, Xiangbin PanNational Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College. Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital. Beijing Friendship Hospital. Beijing Anzhen Hospital and Capital Medical University.China American Journal of Respiratory Cell and

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Fetal pulmonary hypertension: dysregulated microRNA-34c-Notch1 axis contributes to impaired angiogenesis in an ovine model

Devashis Mukherjee, Ujala Rana, Alison J. Kriegel, Pengyuan Liu, Teresa Michalkiewicz, Girija Ganesh KonduriRainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Wisconsin.United States Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2022; 93: 551-558DOI: 10.1038/s41390-022-02151-3 AbstractBackground: Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) occurs when pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) fails to

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Persistence of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn: A case of de novo TBX4 variant

Stephanie M. Tsoi, Kirk Jones, Elizabeth Colglazier, Claire Parker, Hythem Nawaytou, David Teitel, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Roberta L. KellerUniversity of California San Francisco.United States Pulmonary CirculationPul Circ 2022; 12: DOI: 10.1002/pul2.12108 AbstractWe present a case of a late preterm infant placed on extracorporeal life support in the first day of life for persistent pulmonary hypertension of

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