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ReviewInfectious disease reports2025

Gut Microbiome in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-An Emerging Frontier.

Sasha Z Prisco, Suellen D Oliveira, E Kenneth Weir, Thenappan Thenappan, Imad Al Ghouleh

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Review in Infectious disease reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sasha Z PriscoCardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9059-0635
Suellen D OliveiraVascular Immunobiology Lab, Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
E Kenneth WeirCardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Thenappan ThenappanCardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Imad Al GhoulehCardiovascular Research Center, Brown University Health Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02908, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0386-5360

Funding

Endothelial Reprogramming in Pulmonary HypertensionR01HL148712 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI AL GHOULEH, IMAD · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Generation of Endothelial Cell Memory in Inflammatory Vascular DiseaseK01HL159037 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DOS SANTOS OLIVEIRA, SUELLEN D'ARC · 2021 to 2025
$800k
Modulating the Microbiome to Enhance Right Ventricular Function in Pulmonary Arterial HypertensionK08HL168166 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Sasha Zheng Prisco · 2024 to 2026
$525k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL159037NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL168166NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148712NIH HHS 5K01HL159037-04A1NIH HHS 5K08HL168166-02A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an irreversible disease characterized by vascular and systemic inflammation, ultimately leading to right ventricular failure. There is a great need for adjunctive therapies to extend survival for PAH patients. The gut microbiome influences the host immune system and is a potential novel target for PAH treatment. We review the emerging preclinical and clinical evidence which strongly suggests that there is gut dysbiosis in PAH and that alterations in the gut microbiome may either initiate or facilitate the progression of PAH by modifying systemic immune responses. We also outline approaches to modify the intestinal microbiome and delineate some practical challenges that may impact efforts to translate preclinical microbiome findings to PAH patients. Finally, we briefly describe studies that demonstrate contributions of infections to PAH pathogenesis. We hope that this review will propel further investigations into the mechanisms by which gut dysbiosis impacts PAH and/or right ventricular function, approaches to modify the gut microbiome, and the impact of infections on PAH development or progression.

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gut microbiomeinflammationpulmonary arterial hypertension

Identifiers

PMID40559197
PMCPMC12193523

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