Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive disorder in which endothelial dysfunction and vascular remodeling obstruct small pulmonary arteries, resulting in increased pulmonary vascular resistance and pulmonary pressures. This leads to reduced cardiac output, right heart failure, and ultimately death. PAH is divided into disease subgroups that include heritable (HPAH) also known as primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) [DS:H01619], idiopathic (IPAH), and PAH associated with a variety of other systemic diseases or drug/toxin exposures. It has been discovered that altered BMPR2 signaling is the major heritable risk factor for development of PAH, via rare variants (mutations) in the BMPR2 gene (coding for a type II receptor member of the transforming growth factor [TGF]-beta family). Pathogenic mutations in the type I receptor ACVRL1 cause PAH associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) [DS:H01866] is a rare disease classified as a subgroup of PAH.
Ma L, Roman-Campos D, Austin ED, Eyries M, Sampson KS, Soubrier F, Germain M, Tregouet DA, Borczuk A, Rosenzweig EB, Girerd B, Montani D, Humbert M, Loyd JE, Kass RS, Chung WK
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A novel channelopathy in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Trembath RC, Thomson JR, Machado RD, Morgan NV, Atkinson C, Winship I, Simonneau G, Galie N, Loyd JE, Humbert M, Nichols WC, Morrell NW, Berg J, Manes A, McGaughran J, Pauciulo M, Wheeler L
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Clinical and molecular genetic features of pulmonary hypertension in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia.
Eyries M, Montani D, Girerd B, Perret C, Leroy A, Lonjou C, Chelghoum N, Coulet F, Bonnet D, Dorfmuller P, Fadel E, Sitbon O, Simonneau G, Tregouet DA, Humbert M, Soubrier F
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EIF2AK4 mutations cause pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, a recessive form of pulmonary hypertension.
