Perlecan heparan sulfate deficiency impairs pulmonary vascular development and attenuates hypoxic pulmonary hypertension.

Ya-Ting Chang, Chi-Nan Tseng, Philip Tannenberg, Linnéa Eriksson, Ke Yuan, Vinicio A de Jesus Perez, Johan Lundberg, Mariette Lengquist, Ileana Ruxandra Botusan, Sergiu-Bogdan Catrina, Phan-Kiet Tran, Ulf Hedin, Karin Tran Lundmark

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Abstract

Excessive vascular cell proliferation is an important component of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Perlecan is the major heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycan in the vascular extracellular matrix. It binds growth factors, including FGF2, and either restricts or promotes cell proliferation. In this study, we have explored the effects of perlecan HS deficiency on pulmonary vascular development and in hypoxia-induced PH.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)20-31
JournalCardiovascular Research
Volume107
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease

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