It is unknown whether unrepaired DNA damage in lung endothelial cells causes persistent pulmonary arterial hypertension. Here, the authors combine oxidative stress with impaired BMPR2 signaling to link a reduction in FOXF1 to unrepaired DNA damage and impaired regeneration of normal endothelium.
- Sarasa Isobe
- Ramesh V. Nair
- Marlene Rabinovitch
