Animal Models of Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Therapy

USP11 Promotes Endothelial Apoptosis-Resistance in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Deubiquitinating HINT3

Bum-Yong Kang, Jiwoong Choi, Victor Tseng, Yutong Zhao, Jing Zhao, Robert S. Stearman, Wilbur A. Lam, Viranuj Sueblinvong, Benjamin T. Kopp, Michael J. Passineau, Changwon Park, John Lister, Raymond J. Benza, Andrew J. JangEmory University School of Medicine. Atlanta Veterans Healthcare System. University of Kansas School of Medicine and University of Kansas. Ansible Health. Ohio […]

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Pulmonary artery-targeted low-dose metformin-loaded nanocapsules safely improve pulmonary arterial hypertension in rats

Ayako Chida-Nagai, Naoki Masaki, Hiroki Sato, Tatsuya Kato, Emi Takakuwa, Yoshihiro Matsuno, Atsushi Manabe, Atsuhito TakedaHokkaido University Hospital. Tokyo Women’s Medical University. Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. Oita University and Oita University Hospital.Japan Frontiers in PediatricsFront Pediatr 2025; 16: DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1577570 AbstractIntroduction: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a challenge to tackle despite various available medications. Metformin,

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Cyclopamine Attenuates Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Development: Implications of Hedgehog Signaling Involvement for the Pathophysiology

Makito Sakurai, Susumu Hosakawa, Yohei Yamaguchi, Susumu Kirimura, Kensuke Ihara, Kenichi Ohashi, Tetsushi Furukawa, Tetsuo Sasano, Kenichi Kashimada, Taku IshiiInstitute of Science Tokyo. Japanese Red Cross Musashino Hospital.  National Center for Child Health and Development. Japan Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JournalFASEB J 2025; 39: DOI: 10.1096/fj.202403350R AbstractPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is one of

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Mechanotransductive stabilization of HIF-1α is inhibited by mitochondrial antioxidant therapy in the setting of pulmonary overcirculation

Jason T. Boehme, Sanjeev A. Datar, Xutong Sun, Wenhui Gong, Qing Lu, Jamie Soto, Michael A. Smith, Alejandro E. Garcia-Flores, Gary W. Raff, TingWang, Emin Maltepe, Stephen M. Black, Jeffrey R. FinemanUniversity of California San Francisco. Florida International University. University of California Davis. United States Scientific ReportsSci Rep 2025; 15: DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-99062-0 AbstractIn patients with congenital

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Deficiency of arginase2 attenuates hyperoxia-induced inflammation and airway hyperreactivity in neonatal mice

Yi Jin, Bernadette Chen, Yusen Liu, Leif D. NelinNationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University.United States American Journal of Physiology Lung Cellular and Molecular PhysiologyAm J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2025; DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00202.2024 AbstractBronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common chronic lung disease in pediatrics. Neonatal mice placed in hyperoxia (85% oxygen, HYP) develop lung injury

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Restoration of pp60Src Re-Establishes Electron Transport Chain Complex I Activity in Pulmonary Hypertensive Endothelial Cells

Manivannan Yegambaram, Marissa D. Pokharel, Xutong Sun, Qing Lu, Jamie Soto, Saurabh Aggarwal, Emin Maltepe, Jeffery R. Fineman, Ting Wang, Stephen M. BlackFlorida International University. University of California San Francisco. United States International Journal of Molecular SciencesInt J Mol Sci 2025; 26: DOI: 10.3390/ijms26083815 AbstractIt is well-established that mitochondrial dysfunction plays a critical role in the

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Vascular EC-SOD limits the accumulation, proinflammatory profibrotic reprogramming, and hyaluronan binding of interstitial macrophages in hypoxia

Caitlin V. Lewis, Thi-Tina N. Nguyen, Timothy Porfilio, Samuel D. Burciaga, Janelle N. Posey, Mariah Jordan, Daniel Colon Hidalgo, Kurt R. Stenmark, Claudia Mickael, Christina Sul, Rebecca E. Oberley-Deegan, Cassidy Delaney, Eva S. NozikUniversity of Colorado, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children’s Hospital Colorado. University of Nebraska Medical Center.United States American Journal of

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Decreased endothelial micro-RNA-30b-5p impairs angiogenesis in fetal lambs with persistent pulmonary hypertension

Sunil K. Sati, Ujala Rana, Chintamani Joshi, Ru-Jeng Teng, Girija G. KonduriMedical College of Wisconsin.United States Pediatric ResearchPediatr Res 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41390-025-04098-7 AbstractBackground: Impaired angiogenesis contributes to increased pulmonary vascular resistance in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Notch signaling, critical to lung angiogenesis, is modulated by micro-RNAs (miR). RNA sequencing of pulmonary arterial endothelial cells

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Different Effects of Riociguat and Vericiguat on Pulmonary Vessels and Airways

Katharina Nubbemeyer, Julia Krabbe, Svenja Böll, Anna Michely, Sebastian Kalverkamp, Jan Spillner, Christian MartinRWTH Aachen University. Ruhr University Bochum. Germany BiomedicinesBiomedicines 2025; 13: DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13040856 AbstractBackground/Objectives: Pulmonary hypertension is a progressive disease leading to right heart failure. One treatment strategy is to induce vasodilation via the nitric oxide-soluble guanylate cyclase-cyclic guanosine monophosphate (NO-sGC-cGMP) signaling pathway. There

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Right Ventricular Stiffening and Function Are Associated With Main Pulmonary Artery Remodeling in a Rat Model of Pulmonary Hypertension

Bahram Mirani, John D. Dauz, Kana Yazaki, Neda Latifi, J. Paul Santerre, Michelle P. Bendeck, Craig A. Simmons, Mark K. FriedbergUniversity of Toronto, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research and Hospital for Sick Children. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. University of South Florida.Canada and United States Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular BiologyArterioscler,

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