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Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Article Title: Unraveling AURKB as a potential therapeutic target in pulmonary hypertension using integrated transcriptomic analysis and pre-clinical studies
doi: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2025.101964
Figure Lengend Snippet: Therapeutic effects of barasertib in male rats exposed to Sugen/hypoxia (A) Study design using the Sugen/hypoxia (Su/Hx) rat model. (B) Pulmonary artery acceleration time (PAAT), right ventricular fractional area change (RVFAC), tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), S wave, stroke volume (SV), and cardiac output (CO) determined by echocardiography at the end of the protocol in control, Su/Hx+Veh, and Su/Hx+barasertib male rats ( n = 4–9/group). (C) Effect of AURKB inhibition on right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) and mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP), as assessed by right heart catheterization at the end of the protocol ( n = 4–9/group). (D) Representative images of distal PAs stained with Elastica van Gieson (EVG) and quantification of vascular remodeling in control, Su/Hx+Veh, and Su/Hx+barasertib rats ( n = 4–9/group). (E) Representative images of distal PAs labeled with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA, proliferative marker, red), p16, or p21 ( n = 4–9/group). PASMCs were labeled with alpha smooth muscle actin (αSMA, green). The quantifications of the percentage of PASMCs positive for PCNA, p16, or p21 are shown. Scale bars, 20 μm. Scatter dot plots show individual values and mean ± SEM. Assessment of the normality of the data was performed using Shapiro-Wilk test. Statistical analyses were performed using one-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis’s test followed by Dunnett’s post hoc test; ∗ p < 0.05; ∗∗ p < 0.01, and ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. See also Figures S8 and .
Article Snippet: Smooth muscle cell basal medium , Cell Applications , Cat# 310-500.
Techniques: Control, Inhibition, Staining, Labeling, Marker