Decreased plasma levels of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor correlate with right heart congestion in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Background The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) may promote development of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular (RV) failure. However, BDNF plasma levels were decreased in patients with left ventricular (LV) failure. Therefore, we investigated BDNF plasma levels in pulmonary hyperten...

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Published in:	ERJ Open Research
Main Authors:	Katharina Schäfer, Khodr Tello, Oleg Pak, Manuel Richter, Mareike Gierhardt, Grazyna Kwapiszewska, Christine Veith, Ludger Fink, Henning Gall, Matthias Hecker, Baktybek Kojonazarov, Simone Kraut, Kevin Lo, Jochen Wilhelm, Friedrich Grimminger, Werner Seeger, Ralph T. Schermuly, Hossein A. Ghofrani, Daniel Zahner, Rüdiger Gerstberger, Norbert Weissmann, Akylbek Sydykov, Natascha Sommer
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	European Respiratory Society 2023-03-01
Online Access:	http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/9/2/00230-2022.full