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