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. 2020 Feb 19;9(2):561. doi: 10.3390/jcm9020561
Ang-1 Angiopoietin 1
APAH associated PAH
BPA Balloon pulmonary angioplasty
BMPR2 Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II
BMPs Bone morphogenetic proteins
tacrolimus Calcineurin inhibitor FK506
CCL Chemokine C-C motif ligand
CXCL Chemokine C-X3-C motif ligand
CTEPH Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
CHD Congenital heart disease
CTD-PAH Connective tissue disease associated PAH
DC-SIGN Dendritic cell- specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3 grabbing non- integrin
DCs Dendritic cells
DMF Dimethyl fumarate
Tfh Follicular T-helper cells
FC Functional class
γδ Gamma delta
HPAH Heritable PAH
TCRs Heterodimeric T-cell receptors
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
IPAH Idiopathic PAH
IL Interleukin
LTB4 Leukotriene B4
CCL3 Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
MCs Mast cells
MMP-9 Matrix metallopeptidase 9
MCTD Mixed connective tissue diseases
MCT Monocrotaline
mo-DCs Monocyte-derived DCs
MPO Myeloperoxidase
NIAD National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
NK Natural killer cells
NYHA New York Heart Association
NF-κβ Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NFAT Nuclear factor of activated T cell
Porto-pulmonary PAH PAH due to liver disease
PPHN Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
PlGF Placental growth factor
pDCs Plasmacytoid DCs
PAH Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PAP Pulmonary arterial pressures
PASMCs Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells
PEA Pulmonary endarterectomy
PH Pulmonary hypertension
PVR Pulmonary vascular resistance
PVOD Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RELMα Resistin-like molecule-α
RV Right ventricular
RVH Right ventricular hypertrophy
SU/Hx Sugen/hypoxia
SLE Systemic lupus erythematosus
SSc Systemic sclerosis
TLOs Tertiary lymphoid organs
Th T-helper cell
TSP-1 Thrombospondin-1
TNFAIP3 TNF Alpha Induced Protein 3
NRF2 Transcriptional regulator nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
cDC1s Type 1 conventional DCs
cDC2s Type 2 cDCs
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor