Cells of the pulmonary vasculature show a hyperproliferative phenotype in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), thus contributing to the disease pathogenesis. Here the authors show that cyclin-dependent kinases are overactivated in PAH, and that their pharmacological inhibition attenuates the disease in two independent rodent models
- Astrid Weiss
- Moritz Christian Neubauer
- Ralph Theo Schermuly