Wu, Danchen
Talbot, C. Conover Jr.
Liu, Qun
Jing, Zhi-Cheng
Damico, Rachel L.
Tuder, Rubin
Barnes, Kathleen C.
Hassoun, Paul M.
Gao, Li
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (1R03HL114937)
Gilead Sciences Research Scholars Program in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (N.A.)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2015
Revised: 28 April 2016
Accepted: 10 May 2016
First Online: 18 May 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: D.W. performed molecular experiments, statistical analysis, and contributed to the manuscript. C.T. performed statistical analysis of the miRNA array data and contributed to the manuscript. Q.L. performed LNA-ISH. R.L.D. performed the forced expression and inhibition of miRNA experiment. Z.J. provided intellectual contributions to the manuscript regarding the role of estrogen and receptors. R.T. performed histopathological analysis and contributed to the manuscript. K.C.B. and P.M.H. provided intellectual contributions to the design of the experiments and contributed to the manuscript. L.G. conceived the project, performed experiments, data analysis, and contributed to the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.