Animal Models of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Therapy

Reduced KLF4 expression in endothelial cells triggers pulmonary vascular abnormalities associated with experimental congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Heleen M. Kool, Petra E. Bürgisser, Gabriela G. Edel, Anne Boerema-de Munck, Marjon Buscop-van Kempen, Panagiotis Liakopoulos, Petros Kolovos, Wilfred F. J. Ijcken, Robbert J. RottierSophia Children’s Hospital. Erasmus Medical Center. Democritus University of Thrace. Netherlands and Greece Cellular and Molecular Life SciencesCell Mol Life Sci 2026; DOI: 10.1007/s00018-026-06319-6 AbstractCongenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a rare […]

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A large animal model of heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension using gene-edited BMPR2 sheep

Sanjeev A. Datar, Nicholas Werry, Austin R. Brown, Devon S. Fitzpatrick, Oluwafemi Falade, Josephine F. Trott, Rachel Hutchings, Elena K. Amin, Jessica M. Morgan, Hythem Nawaytou, Gail H. Deutsch, Eric G. Johnson, Omar A. Gonzales Viera, Thomas F. Bishop, Tara Urbano Beach, Bret R. McNabb, Eric D. Austin, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Alison L. Van EenennaamUniversity

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Inhibition of thrombospondin-1 signaling prevents experimental bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Chantal Gaudet, Kathrine L. Daniel, Sophie Holcik, Ali Hamraghani, Behzad Yeganeh, Robert P JankovChildren’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario. University of Ottawa. Canada American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular PhysiologyAm J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2026; DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00090.2026 AbstractBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a neonatal lung injury characterized by inflammation, and alveolar and vascular hypoplasia

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SnRNA-seq identifies FN1-SDC4 axis triggering epicardial activation in right ventricular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension

Xiao-He Xu, Yi Shen, Min Chen, Yu-Xin Miao, Lin Cheng, Yang-Han-Yue Zhao, Yang Fang, Dai-Ji Jiang, Fang Yu, Yang-Yang He, Zhuo-Yuan Xu, Li-Jun Fu, Li-Wei Wu, Hao Zhang, Yi YanShanghai Children’s Medical Center, National Children’s Medical Center and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. Henan University. Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children’s Hospital, Wenzhou Medical

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Inhalable extracellular vesicle delivered IL-10 mRNA attenuates pulmonary hypertension in rats

Guoliang Wang, Jie Liu, Peiyi Bai, Hong Jiao, Xiaohui Kong, Zhangke Guo, Gaopeng Li, Aijun LiuBeijing Children’s Hospital, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Capital Medical University and National Center for Children’s Health. Shanxi Bethune Hospital, Third Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi Academy of Medical Sciences and Tongji Shanxi Hospital. General Hospital of Taiyuan Iron and

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KLF6 activation marks an angiogenic and apoptosis resistant endothelial phenotype in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Rehab Alharbi, Merve Keles, Nadia Fernandes, Hannah Maude, Adam Fellows, Richard D. Williams, Chien-Nien Chen, Nathalie Lambie, Nik Matthews, May Al-Sahaf, Sam N. Barnett, Minzhe Guo, Lan Zhao, Allan Lawrie, Jeffrey A. Whitsett, Inês Cebola, Beata Wojciak-StothardImperial College London. University of Hafr Al Batin. Hammersmith Hospital. Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati

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Non-invasive surrogate of main pulmonary artery stiffness is associated with right ventricular function in experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension

John D. Dauz, Bahram Mirani, J. Paul Santerre, Michelle P. Bendeck, Craig A. Simmons, Mark K. FriedbergHospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto. Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. Canada American Journal of Physiology Heart and Circulatory PhysiologyAm J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2026; DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00459.2026 AbstractMain pulmonary artery (MPA) stiffening increases right ventricular (RV)

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A Biomimetic Miniaturized In Vitro Model to Target Early Markers of Neonatal Pulmonary Vascular Injury

Motaharehsadat Heydarian, Ali Doryab, Juan Henao, Benjamin Schubert, Otmar Schmid, Anne HilgendorffHelmholtz Zentrum München and German Lung Research Center. University of Cambridge. University Hospital Ludwig-Maximilian University. Carl von Ossietzky University.Germany and United Kingdom American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular PhysiologyAm J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2026; DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00002.2026 AbstractPulmonary vascular disease (PVD) is

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Interferon receptor gene dosage differentially regulates hypoxia-induced platelet activation and pulmonary hypertension in Down syndrome

Janelle N. Posey, Mariah Jordan, Amanda Olsen-Dufour, Thi-Tina N. Nguyen, Christine Farrell, Caitlin V. Lewis, Jamie L. Archambault, Christina Sul, Daniel Colon-Hidalgo, Eva S. Nozik, Joaquin M. Espinosa, Kelly D. Sullivan, Cassidy DelaneyUniversity of Colorado Anschutz. United States Frontiers in ImmunologyFront Immunol 2026; DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1832057 AbstractTrisomy 21 (T21) results in Down syndrome (DS), a condition associated

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Hypoxia Induces Adaptive Lymphangiogenesis via Cd74 and Vegfr3 to Modulate Pulmonary Hypertension

M. Elizabeth Moss, Timothy Klouda, Yan Li, Yu Liu, Meng Tan, Yunhye Kim, Yuan Hao, Mark R. Nicolls, Joseph C. Wu, Richard Bucala, Hong Chen, Eungjoo Lee, Karin Tran-Lundmark, Benjamin Raby, Ke YuanBoston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Stanford University. University of California, San Diego. Yale School of Medicine. University of Arizona. Lund University

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