Schistosomiasis Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Schistosomiasis Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease of the lung blood vessels that results in right heart failure. PAH is thought to occur in about 5% to 10% of patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis, particularly due to S. mansoni. The lung blood vessel injury may result from a combination of e...

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Main Authors: Jean Pierre Sibomana, Aloma Campeche, Roberto J. Carvalho-Filho, Ricardo Amorim Correa, Helena Duani, Virginia Pacheco Guimaraes, Joan F. Hilton, Biruk Kassa, Rahul Kumar, Michael H. Lee, Camila M. C. Loureiro, Sula Mazimba, Claudia Mickael, Rudolf K. F. Oliveira, Jaquelina S. Ota-Arakaki, Camila Farnese Rezende, Luciana C. S. Silva, Edford Sinkala, Hanan Yusuf Ahmed, Brian B. Graham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
schistosomiasis
pulmonary hypertension
neglected tropical disease
hepatosplenic
TGF-beta
type 2 inflammation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.608883/full

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