Upregulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein by hypoxia stimulates aldosterone synthesis in pulmonary artery endothelial cells to promote pulmonary vascular fibrosis.

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Published in Circulation on April 28, 2014

Authors

Bradley A Maron1, William M Oldham2, Stephen Y Chan2, Sara O Vargas2, Elena Arons2, Ying-Yi Zhang2, Joseph Loscalzo2, Jane A Leopold2

Author Affiliations

1: From the Divisions of Cardiovascular Medicine (B.A.M., S.Y.C., E.A., Y.-Y.Z., J.L., J.A.L.) and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (W.M.O.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA (B.A.M.); and Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.O.V.). bmaron@partners.org.
2: From the Divisions of Cardiovascular Medicine (B.A.M., S.Y.C., E.A., Y.-Y.Z., J.L., J.A.L.) and Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (W.M.O.), Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Department of Cardiology, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA (B.A.M.); and Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (S.O.V.).

Associated clinical trials:

Spironolactone for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | NCT01712620

Effects of Spironolactone on Collagen Metabolism in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | NCT01468571

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