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ArticleThe European respiratory journal2021

Targeting HIF2α-ARNT hetero-dimerisation as a novel therapeutic strategy for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

David Macias, Stephen Moore, Alexi Crosby, Mark Southwood, Xinlin Du, Huiling Tan, Shanhai Xie, Arlette Vassallo, Alexander J T Wood, Eli M Wallace and 1 more

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Article in The European respiratory journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

David MaciasCRUK Cambridge Centre Early Detection Programme, Dept of Oncology, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-1964
Stephen MooreDept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Alexi CrosbyDept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Mark SouthwoodDept of Pathology, Papworth Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
Xinlin DuPeloton Therapeutics Inc. (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA), Dallas, TX, USA.
Huiling TanPeloton Therapeutics Inc. (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA), Dallas, TX, USA.
Shanhai XiePeloton Therapeutics Inc. (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA), Dallas, TX, USA.
Arlette VassalloDept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5335-8485
Alexander J T WoodDept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-0447
Eli M WallacePeloton Therapeutics Inc. (a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA), Dallas, TX, USA.
Andrew S CowburnDept of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK acowburn@ic.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9145-4275
University of Cambridge · GBMerck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) · USNational Health Service · GB

Funding

Department of Health
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a destructive disease of the pulmonary vasculature often leading to right heart failure and death. Current therapeutic intervention strategies only slow disease progression. The role of aberrant hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)2α stability and function in the initiation and development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been an area of intense interest for nearly two decades.Here we determine the effect of a novel HIF2α inhibitor (PT2567) on PH disease initiation and progression, using two pre-clinical models of PH. Haemodynamic measurements were performed, followed by collection of heart, lung and blood for pathological, gene expression and biochemical analysis. Blood outgrowth endothelial cells from idiopathic PAH patients were used to determine the impact of HIF2α-inhibition on endothelial function.Global inhibition of HIF2a reduced pulmonary vascular haemodynamics and pulmonary vascular remodelling in both su5416/hypoxia prevention and intervention models. PT2567 intervention reduced the expression of PH-associated target genes in both lung and cardiac tissues and restored plasma nitrite concentration. Treatment of monocrotaline-exposed rodents with PT2567 reduced the impact on cardiovascular haemodynamics and promoted a survival advantage.

Indexed as

Hypertension, PulmonaryPulmonary Arterial HypertensionAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCells, CulturedEndothelial CellsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1HumansPulmonary ArteryBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsEndothelial PAS Domain-Containing Protein 1

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PMID32972983
PMCPMC7930471
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