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ReviewBiomedicines2022

Epigenetic Mechanisms as Emerging Therapeutic Targets and Microfluidic Chips Application in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

Linh Ho, Nazir Hossen, Trieu Nguyen, Au Vo, Fakhrul Ahsan

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Linh HoDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9252-8539
Nazir HossenDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA.
Trieu NguyenDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA.
Au VoDepartment of Life Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Fakhrul AhsanDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, California Northstate University, Elk Grove, CA 95757, USA.
California Northstate University · USBay Institute · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

Recapitulation of sex- disparity in PAH on a microfluidic device and elucidation of the differences and similarities in the development, progression and therapy of PAH in male versus female patientsR01HL144590 · NHLBI · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI AHSAN, FAKHRUL · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Targetable and Inhalable Nanoparticle Based Combination Therapy for PAHR01HL114677 · NHLBI · TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIS CENTER · PI AHSAN, FAKHRUL · 2015 to 2018
$1.5M
Cardiovascular Medical Research and Education Fund (CMREF) N/ANational Institute of Health R01HL114677National Institute of Health R01HL144590NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114677NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL144590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease that progress over time and is defined as an increase in pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance that frequently leads to right-ventricular (RV) failure and death. Epigenetic modifications comprising DNA methylation, histone remodeling, and noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been established to govern chromatin structure and transcriptional responses in various cell types during disease development. However, dysregulation of these epigenetic mechanisms has not yet been explored in detail in the pathology of pulmonary arterial hypertension and its progression with vascular remodeling and right-heart failure (RHF). Targeting epigenetic regulators including histone methylation, acetylation, or miRNAs offers many possible candidates for drug discovery and will no doubt be a tempting area to explore for PAH therapies. This review focuses on studies in epigenetic mechanisms including the writers, the readers, and the erasers of epigenetic marks and targeting epigenetic regulators or modifiers for treatment of PAH and its complications described as RHF. Data analyses from experimental cell models and animal induced PAH models have demonstrated that significant changes in the expression levels of multiple epigenetics modifiers such as HDMs, HDACs, sirtuins (Sirt1 and Sirt3), and BRD4 correlate strongly with proliferation, apoptosis, inflammation, and fibrosis linked to the pathological vascular remodeling during PAH development. The reversible characteristics of protein methylation and acetylation can be applied for exploring small-molecule modulators such as valproic acid (HDAC inhibitor) or resveratrol (Sirt1 activator) in different preclinical models for treatment of diseases including PAH and RHF. This review also presents to the readers the application of microfluidic devices to study sex differences in PAH pathophysiology, as well as for epigenetic analysis.

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activatorsdrug targetsepigeneticsinhibitorsmicrochipsPAHPAH chipspulmonary arterial hypertensionRV failuresirtuinsvascular remodeling

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PMID35052850
PMCPMC8773438
OpenAlexW4206746561

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