2016
Right atrial pressure/pulmonary artery wedge pressure ratio: A more specific predictor of survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Fares WH, Bellumkonda L, Tonelli AR, Carson SS, Hassoun PM, Trow TK, Herzog EL, Kaminski N, Kholdani CA, Zhang L, Zhou Y, Hammel JP, Dweik RA. Right atrial pressure/pulmonary artery wedge pressure ratio: A more specific predictor of survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension. The Journal Of Heart And Lung Transplantation 2016, 35: 760-767. PMID: 26856665, DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionHemodynamic variablesArterial hypertensionCohort 2Cohort 1Accurate prognostic variableRelative prognostic valueSpecific predictorsCurrent prognostic modelsMultivariable regression modelsPAH registryPAH patientsHazard ratioPAH cohortReferral centerPrognostic valueMean ageClinical trialsClinical prognosticationPrognostic variablesSeparate cohortDisease statusFatal diseasePrognostic modelSecondary analysisNovel Mechanisms of Disease: Network Biology and MicroRNA Signaling in Pulmonary Hypertension
Fares W, Pandit K, Kaminski N. Novel Mechanisms of Disease: Network Biology and MicroRNA Signaling in Pulmonary Hypertension. 2016, 123-133. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23594-3_7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPulmonary arterial hypertensionSmall non-coding RNAsNon-coding RNAsRole of microRNAsNumerous genesNetwork biologyGene expressionPhysiological processesVascular remodeling diseaseArtery smooth muscle cellsPulmonary artery smooth muscle cellsProgression of PAHMicroRNA signallingNovel mechanismMicroRNAsSmooth muscle cellsRight heart failureMuscle cellsArterial hypertensionPulmonary hypertensionHeart failureEndothelial cellsArterial remodelingHistological changesTherapeutic strategies
2010
Genomewide RNA expression profiling in lung identifies distinct signatures in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and secondary pulmonary hypertension
Rajkumar R, Konishi K, Richards TJ, Ishizawar DC, Wiechert AC, Kaminski N, Ahmad F. Genomewide RNA expression profiling in lung identifies distinct signatures in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension and secondary pulmonary hypertension. AJP Heart And Circulatory Physiology 2010, 298: h1235-h1248. PMID: 20081107, PMCID: PMC2853417, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00254.2009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary arterial hypertensionIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosisPathogenesis of PAHIdiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertensionPulmonary hypertensionArterial hypertensionRegulation of actinThrombospondin type 1 motif 9Pulmonary arteriolar remodelingSecondary pulmonary hypertensionCoagulation factor II receptorDistinct pathophysiological mechanismsLife-threatening conditionDistinct gene expression signaturesEstrogen receptor 1Nuclear receptor coactivator 2RNA expression profilesPurinergic receptor P2YGenomewide microarray analysisPlatelet factor 4RNA expression profilingHigh expression levelsOncogene homolog 1Gene expression signaturesProtein ubiquitination