Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a fatal disease involving disrupted metabolic and mitochondrial regulation. Here the authors show that REV-ERBα protects against PAH by repressing BNIP3-driven mitophagy in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells, revealing a potential circadian-based therapeutic target.
- Lejia Qiu
- Tingting Lu
- Lihong Chen