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. 2019 Jan 22;5:120. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2018.00120

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Graphical representation of vascular changes occurring in PH and atherosclerosis. Narrowing of the artery lumen is caused by intimal proliferation (PH) and by plaque formation (atherosclerosis) and is a result of disease specific EC dysfunction and cellular metabolic switches. EC, endothelial cell; PDK, pyruvate dehydrogenase kinases; ROS, reactive oxygen species; NO, nitric oxide; PH, in pulmonary hypertension.