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ArticlePulmonary circulation2026

Splenic Focused Ultrasound Improves Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension and Reprograms Immune Responses in Female and Male Rats.

Alexandra Bekiaridou, Ibrahim Mughrabi, Nicolas Rios, George Giannakoulas, Betty Diamond, Stavros Zanos

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Article in Pulmonary circulation, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexandra BekiaridouNorthwell Health New Hyde Park New York USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1143-2293
Ibrahim MughrabiNorthwell Health New Hyde Park New York USA.
Nicolas RiosNorthwell Health New Hyde Park New York USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9424-6436
George GiannakoulasFirst Department of Cardiology AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7491-6319
Betty DiamondNorthwell Health New Hyde Park New York USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3250-3804
Stavros ZanosNorthwell Health New Hyde Park New York USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Splenic focused ultrasound (sFUS) neuromodulation improves monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertension in rats of both sexes, with females achieving near-normalization of right ventricular systolic pressure and males showing partial improvement. In male and female animals, sFUS reduces pulmonary CD8+ T cells and CD68+ macrophages, and reduces splenic monocytes. Splenic single-cell transcriptomic analysis in the SU5416/hypoxia model revealed sex-specific immune responses, including persistent interferon signaling in males.

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PMID42730398
PMCPMC13566670

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