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ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2019

Systems Analysis of the Human Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Lung Transcriptome.

Robert S Stearman, Quan M Bui, Gil Speyer, Adam Handen, Amber R Cornelius, Brian B Graham, Seungchan Kim, Elizabeth A Mickler, Rubin M Tuder, Stephen Y Chan and 1 more

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Article in American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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81citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 164 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A Cross-Species and Sex-Specific Meta-Analysis of Transcriptomic Studies of Pulmonary Hypertension.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2025
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  2. Meta-analysis of blood genome-wide expression profiling studies in pulmonary arterial hypertension.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Robert S Stearman1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.ORCID 0000-0002-7628-7066
Quan M Bui1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.ORCID 0000-0001-6070-6978
Gil Speyer2 Quantitative Medicine and Systems Biology Division, The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona.ORCID 0000-0001-5888-5209
Adam Handen4 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Amber R Cornelius1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Brian B Graham5 Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; and.ORCID 0000-0001-7541-2585
Seungchan Kim6 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Computational Systems Biology, Roy G. Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas.
Elizabeth A Mickler1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Rubin M Tuder5 Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado; and.
Stephen Y Chan4 Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine, Pittsburgh Heart, Lung, Blood, and Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID 0000-0002-9520-7527
Mark W Geraci1 Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.ORCID 0000-0002-2280-3424
Indiana University School of MedicineUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Pittsburgh Medical Center · USPrairie View A&M University · USTranslational Genomics Research Institute · US

Funding

Pulmonary Hypertension Breakthrough InitiativeR24HL123767 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ALDRED, MICHEALA A, ERZURUM, SERPIL C. · 2014 to 2017
$10.1M
Defining the Complex Biology of the miR-130/301 Family in Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL124021 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y · 2014 to 2025
$4.9M
Iron-Sulfur Deficiency as a Critical Pathogenic Cause of Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL122596 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y · 2015 to 2024
$4.5M
Molecular Drivers of Vascular Stiffness and Metabolic Dysfunction in HIV-Induced Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionR01HL138437 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y, NORRIS, KAREN A · 2017 to 2020
$2.4M
Computational repurposing of chemotherapies for pulmonary hypertensionUH2TR002073 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y · 2017 to 2018
$615k
Computational repurposing of chemotherapies for pulmonary hypertensionUH3TR002073 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHAN, STEPHEN Y · 2019 to 2019
$155k
NCATS NIH HHS UH2 TR002073NCATS NIH HHS UH3 TR002073NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122596NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL124021NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL138437NHLBI NIH HHS R24 HL123767
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is characterized by increased pulmonary artery pressure and vascular resistance, typically leading to right heart failure and death. Current therapies improve quality of life of the patients but have a modest effect on long-term survival. A detailed transcriptomics and systems biology view of the PAH lung is expected to provide new testable hypotheses for exploring novel treatments. We completed transcriptomics analysis of PAH and control lung tissue to develop disease-specific and clinical data/tissue pathology gene expression classifiers from expression datasets. Gene expression data were integrated into pathway analyses. Gene expression microarray data were collected from 58 PAH and 25 control lung tissues. The strength of the dataset and its derived disease classifier was validated using multiple approaches. Pathways and upstream regulators analyses was completed with standard and novel graphical approaches. The PAH lung dataset identified expression patterns specific to PAH subtypes, clinical parameters, and lung pathology variables. Pathway analyses indicate the important global role of TNF and transforming growth factor signaling pathways. In addition, novel upstream regulators and insight into the cellular and innate immune responses driving PAH were identified. Finally, WNT-signaling pathways may be a major determinant underlying the observed sex differences in PAH. This study provides a transcriptional framework for the PAH-diseased lung, supported by previously reported findings, and will be a valuable resource to the PAH research community. Our investigation revealed novel potential targets and pathways amenable to further study in a variety of experimental systems.

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Systems AnalysisAdolescentAdultAgedChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGene Expression RegulationGene OntologyHumansInfantLungMaleMiddle AgedPulmonary Arterial HypertensionSex Characteristicsbioinformaticslung transcriptomicspulmonary arterial hypertension

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PMID30562042
PMCPMC6543748
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