Pulmonary arterial hypertension: pathogenesis and clinical management

T Thenappan, ML Ormiston, JJ Ryan, SL Archer - Bmj, 2018 - bmj.com
Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a resting mean pulmonary artery pressure of 25 mm
Hg or above. This review deals with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a type of …

Perivascular inflammation in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Y Hu, L Chi, WM Kuebler, NM Goldenberg - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Perivascular inflammation is a prominent pathologic feature in most animal models of
pulmonary hypertension (PH) as well as in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients …

Advances in lymphedema

SG Rockson - Circulation research, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Lymphedema is a common, complex, and inexplicably underappreciated human disease.
Despite a history of relative neglect by health care providers and by governmental health …

Leukotriene biosynthetic enzymes as therapeutic targets

JZ Haeggström - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2018 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Leukotrienes are powerful immune-regulating lipid mediators with established pathogenic
roles in inflammatory allergic diseases of the respiratory tract—in particular, asthma and hay …

Chronic inflammation within the vascular wall in pulmonary arterial hypertension: more than a spectator

A Huertas, L Tu, M Humbert… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
This review seeks to provide an update of preclinical findings and available clinical data on
the chronic persistent inflammation and its direct role on the pulmonary arterial hypertension …

Dominant role for regulatory T cells in protecting females against pulmonary hypertension

R Tamosiuniene, O Manouvakhova… - Circulation …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening condition associated
with immune dysregulation and abnormal regulatory T cell (Treg) activity, but it is currently …

Lymphatic dysfunction, leukotrienes, and lymphedema

X Jiang, MR Nicolls, W Tian… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
The lymphatic system is essential for the maintenance of tissue fluid homeostasis,
gastrointestinal lipid absorption, and immune trafficking. Whereas lymphatic regeneration …

Leukotrienes in tumor-associated inflammation

W Tian, X Jiang, D Kim, T Guan, MR Nicolls… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Leukotrienes are biologically active eicosanoid lipid mediators that originate from oxidative
metabolism of arachidonic acid. Biosynthesis of leukotrienes involves a set of soluble and …

Management of pulmonary arterial hypertension

JD Mayeux, IZ Pan, J Dechand, JA Jacobs… - Current cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review This review focuses on the therapeutic management and
individualized approach to Group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), utilizing Food …

Phenotypically silent bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2 mutations predispose rats to inflammation-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension by enhancing the risk …

W Tian, X Jiang, YK Sung, E Shuffle, TH Wu, PN Kao… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Bmpr2 (bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2) mutations are critical risk
factors for hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with approximately 20% of …