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Bone morphogenetic protein signalling in pulmonary hypertension: advances and therapeutic implications

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What is the topic of this review? This review covers recent evidence highlighting the crucial pathophysiological roles and molecular mechanisms of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling pathway during the… Click to show full abstract

What is the topic of this review? This review covers recent evidence highlighting the crucial pathophysiological roles and molecular mechanisms of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling pathway during the progression of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and discusses targeting of BMP signalling as a new treatment option against PH. What advances does it highlight? A series of breakthrough findings have greatly enriched our understanding about the mechanism of action of BMP signalling in PH and proved the feasibility of BMP targeting strategies in experimental PH models. This review collects these ideas and discusses the frontiers of BMP signalling‐targeted PH therapy at different steps of the signal transduction.

Keywords: bone morphogenetic; morphogenetic protein; pulmonary hypertension; bmp signalling

Journal Title: Experimental Physiology
Year Published: 2017

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