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Estriol attenuates visceral adiposity and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell proliferation via ERα-mediated signalling

Smriti Sharma, Joshua P. Dignam, Gregor Aitchison, Rosemary Gaw, Ioannis Stasinopolous, Ayman Gebril, Martin Wabitsch, Ruth Andrew, Margaret R. MacLeanUniversity of Strathclyde. Medical University of Vienna. Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry and Queen Mary University of London. University of Edinburgh. Ulm University Medical Center. German Center for Child and Adolescent Health.United […]

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Cleavage and Polyadenylation Specificity Factor Subunit 5 Regulates Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Expansion and Hypoxic Response

Scott D. Collum, Lisha Zhu, Tingting W. Mills, Rene Girard, Jamie Tran, Tinne C. J. Mertens, Cory Wilson, Nancy Wareing, Erik E. Suarez, Howard J. Huang, Rahat Hussain, Bindu Akkanti, Wenjin J. Zheng, Hari K. Yalamanchili, Bela Patel, Eric J. Wagner, Sandeep Agarwal, Harry Karmouty-QuintanaMcGovern Medical School University and McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics of

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Mixed effects of complement in a chronic murine model of inflammatory erosive arthritis and pulmonary vascular disease

Kiana L. Chen, Stacey Duemmel, Michael Christof, Gaochan Wang, H. Mark Kenney, Marc Nuzzo, Qingfu Xu, Benjamin Korman, Homaira RahimUniversity of Rochester Medical Center. United States Public Library of Science OnePLOS One 2026; 21: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0340677 AbstractComplement’s role in the pathology of rheumatoid arthritis and pulmonary hypertension (PH) is not fully understood. We aimed to determine

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Liver herniation in congenital diaphragmatic hernia is associated with delayed resolution of pulmonary hypertension

Uthaya Kumaran Kanagaraj, Mimi T.Y. Kuan, Michael Castaldo, Erik Skarsgard, Joseph Y. TingUniversity of British Columbia. University of Alberta.Canada Pediatrics and NeonatologyPediatr Neonatol 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2025.11.011 AbstractBackground: Severe and persistent pulmonary hypertension (PH) predicts mortality and short-term pulmonary morbidity in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Intrathoracic liver herniation (liver-up) is a predictor of survival and increased

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Scimitar syndrome presenting in infancy

Charles B. Huddleston, Vernat Exil, Charles E. Canter, Eric N. MendeloffWashington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.United States Annals of Thoracic SurgeryAnn Thorac Surg 1999; 67: 154-159DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)01227-2 AbstractBackground: Scimitar syndrome has a variable presentation based on the age at which the diagnosis is made. In general, infants presenting in heart failure have a

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A Novel Rat Model for Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension by Total Pulmonary Vein Banding: Multi-Omics Insights into Pathophysiological Mechanisms

Jin Shentu, Wenxuan Dai, Chang Chen, Jiawei Huang, Lijun Chen, Yi Yan, Han Zhang, Zhongqun Zhu, Guocheng Shi, Huiwen ChenShanghai Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. China Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2026; DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2026.01.017 AbstractObjectives: Group 2 pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains a highly morbid disease, yet no

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Expanding the phenotypic spectrum of MECOM-associated syndrome: rare variants are associated with syndromic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Carrie L. Welch , Meriel McEntagart, Shahin Moledina, Cara Morgan, Emilia Swietlik, Chao Hou, Lu Qiao, Emily Callejo, Savanna Craib, Damian Smedley, Emilia K. Bijlsma, Patrice Bouvagnet, Nahir Cortes-­Santiago, Tamir Dagan, Jacqueline Eason, Frances Flinter, Aakash Joshi, Jeremie Mortreux, Fadel E. Ruiz, Deborah Shears, Celia Azevedo Soares, Nidhy P. Varghese, Wendy K ChungBoston Children’s Hospital,

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Mechanisms underlying end-organ injury in sleep apnea

Mohammad Badran, Rene Cortese, Alex Gileles-Hillel, David GozalUniversity of Missouri. University of Kansas Medical Center. Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall University.United States and Israel European Respiratory JournalEur Respir J 2026; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.02397-2025 AbstractOSA is a prevalent chronic condition characterized by repetitive upper airway collapse that promotes the occurrence of

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Successful bridge to diagnosis: Extracorporeal life support in generalized arterial calcification of infancy

Sarah D. King, Spencer Wilhelm, Ruth Lewit, Erin E. Perrone, Arul ThirumoorthiUniversity of Michigan,.United States PerfusionPerfusion 2026; DOI: 10.1177/02676591261420652 AbstractIntroduction: Generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI) is a rare, difficult to recognize, autosomal recessive disorder with high neonatal mortality due to vascular calcification and cardiopulmonary collapse.Case Report: We report a term female presenting with persistent pulmonary

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Long Non-Coding RNA MALAT1 Regulates HMOX1 in Sickle Cell Disease-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension

Viranuj Sueblinvong, Sarah S. Chang, Jing Ma, David R. Archer, Solomon Ofori-Acquah, Roy L. Sutliff, Changwon Park, C. Michael Hart, Benjamin T. Kopp, Bum-Yong KangEmory University School of Medicine. Atlanta Veterans Affairs Healthcare System. National Institutes of Health. Louisiana State University Health Science Center. United States CellsCells 2026; 15: DOI: 10.3390/cells15020154 AbstractPulmonary hypertension (PH) causes morbidity

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