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Background: Despite the development of effective pulmonary vasodilators, the prognosis for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains poor, particularly in medication-refractory patients. Catheter-based pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) is an emerging therapeutic strategy targeting the sympathetic nervous system in various types of PH. However, data on its safety and efficacy in refractory patients with PH who truly require non-pharmacotherapy are lacking.

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Background: Because Regnase-1, encoded by , suppresses the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by controlling pro-inflammatory cytokines, we aimed to identify variants in patients with PAH.

Methods And Results: We analyzed whole-genome sequence data of patients with PAH to search for disease-associated variants. The Regnase-1 p.

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Article Synopsis
  • Ring finger protein 213 is linked to moyamoya disease and other vascular issues, prompting research into its role in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).
  • Among 112 CTEPH patients studied, 8 (7.1%) carried a heterozygous variant, while a significant 50% of the 10 patients with peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (PPS) had a homozygous variant.
  • Clinical characteristics of heterozygous variant carriers with CTEPH were similar to noncarriers, but both groups exhibited tortuous blood vessels, contrasting with unique patterns observed in homozygous carriers with PPS.
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We report a case of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis complicated with acute pancreatitis induced by hypertriglyceridemia in a young Japanese woman. A precise examination of the lipid profile showed decreased lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic triglyceride lipase activity levels, while the LPL mass was at the minimum level of the normal range.

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