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ReviewThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation2025

A new day has come: Sotatercept for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Thomas M Cascino, Sandeep Sahay, Victor M Moles, Vallerie V McLaughlin

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Review in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. PET Imaging in Pulmonary Hypertension.Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology · 2026
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  7. Eupatilin alleviates right ventricular fibrosis in rats with pulmonary hypertension induced by monocrotaline.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2026
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  11. Sotatercept: A First-In-Class Activin Signaling Inhibitor for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians · 2025
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  17. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension after seven world symposia.Therapeutic advances in respiratory disease
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Thomas M CascinoDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Electronic address: tcascino@med.umich.edu.
Sandeep SahayDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
Victor M MolesDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Vallerie V McLaughlinDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Funding

Development of a multilevel implementation intervention to prescribe evidence-based therapy for hospitalized heart failure patientsK23HL171910 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Thomas Matthew Cascino · 2024 to 2026
$583k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL171910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite increasing therapeutic options and evolving treatment strategies, including targeting 3 therapeutic pathways, in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), morbidity and mortality have remained unacceptably high. Sotatercept is a first-in-class, novel activin signaling inhibitor approved for treating PAH based on evolving efficacy and safety evidence. This state-of-the-art review summarizes the current understanding of the mechanism of action, the impact on outcomes that improve how patients feel, function, and survive, and the safety and adverse event profile to inform readers of this breakthrough novel therapy.

Indexed as

Recombinant Fusion ProteinsActivin Receptors, Type IIHumansPulmonary Arterial HypertensionTreatment OutcomeActivin Receptors, Type IIACVRL1 protein, humanRecombinant Fusion Proteinsoutcomespulmonary arterial hypertensionsotaterceptsurvivaltreatment

Identifiers

PMID39369970
PMCPMC11645217

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