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. 2022 Feb 22;23(5):2410. doi: 10.3390/ijms23052410
[Ca2+]i intracellular calcium concentration
Ang II angiotensin II
BMPR2 Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Type 2
BOECs blood outgrowth endothelial cells
cAMP cyclic adenosine monophosphate
Cav-1 caveolin-1
Drp1 dynamin related protein-1
ECs endothelial cells
EGF epidermal growth factor
ENO enolase
eNOS endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS)
ERAs endothelin receptor antagonists
ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ET1 endothelin-1
FGF2 fibroblast growth factor 2
G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GLUT glucose transporter
HIF1 hypoxia-inducible factors 1
HIF2 hypoxia-inducible factors 2
HK1,2 hexokinase 1,2
HLMVECs human lung microvascular endothelial cells
HPAH hereditary pulmonary arterial hypertension
HREs hypoxia-responsive elements
IL18 interleukin 18
IL-6 interleukin-6
IPAH idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
JAK2 Janus kinase II
LDHA lactate dehydrogenase A
MCT monocrotaline
Mfn2 mitofusin-2
MIF migration inhibitory factor
miRNAs microRNA
MMP metalloproteinases
mPAP mean pulmonary artery pressure
mROS mitochondrial ROS
NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NF-κB nuclear factor-kappa B
NO nitric oxide
OXPHOS oxidative phosphorylation
PAECs pulmonary artery endothelial cell
PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension
PASMCs pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells
PCNA proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDE5i phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors
PDGF platelet-derived growth factor
PDH pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDK pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase
PFKFB3 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase/fructose-2,6- bisphosphatase 3
PGC-1α peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PGI2 prostaglandin 2
PH pulmonary hypertension
PKM pyruvate kinase muscle
PPHN persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
PPP pentose phosphate pathway
PTBP1 polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1
PVR pulmonary vascular resistance
REVEAL registry to evaluate early and long-term disease management in PAH
ROS reactive oxygen species
RVH right ventricle hypertrophy
RVSP right ventricular systolic pressure
sGC soluble guanylate cyclase
SIRT3 sirtuin 3
SMCs smooth muscle cells
SOD superoxide dismutase
STAT3 signal transducers and activators of transcription-3
TCA tricarboxylic acid cycle
TGF-β1 transforming growth factor-β1
TIMP-1 tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases-1
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor alpha
TRPC transient receptor potential
TRPV4 transient receptor potential vanilloid-4
UCP2 uncoupling protein 2
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
VSMCs vascular smooth muscle cells
α-KG α-ketoglutarate