JR Congenital Moleculare PAH
JR Congenital Moleculare PAH
JR Congenital Moleculare PAH
Arterial Hypertension
Presented by:
Muscularization of distal, normally nonmuscular, PAs at the alveolar duct and wall level
differentiation of pericytes into SMCs that subsequently proliferate.
The progressive thickening of the wall of more proximal intraacinar and preacinar
muscular arteries and the obliteration neointimal formation increased proliferation and
migration of cells considered to be SMCs α-SMA positive
The loss of distal PAs by alterations in ECs and/or pericytes apoptosis
Pathological features of PAH
Genetics of PAH: BMPR2 and Other
TGF-β Family Members
PDGF-mediated
proliferation of
SMCs
Enhances PDGF
receptor β–
mediated
signaling
Increased in
Increase in
neointimal lesions
S100A4, a member Proliferation and
from patients with
Serotonin of the S100 family migration of PA
IPAH and PAH
of calcium-binding SMCs
associated with
proteins
other conditions
Inflammation and Immune Mechanisms
Release growth factors from the extracellular matrix and induce production of matrix
metalloproteinases and tenascin-C, a glycoprotein