title: Vasoproliferation and antiproliferative treatment options in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
abstract: New treatment options have improved the prognosis of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. However, drugs such as prostanoids, PDE5 inhibitors and endothelin receptor antagonists mainly act as vasodilating agents. Recently, it has become clear that pulmonary arterial hypertension is an inflammatory and vasoproliferative disease. Therefore new anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative treatments are needed. This review will focus on the pathogenesis of inflammation and vasoproliferation in pulmonary hypertension. In addition, an overview on possible new antiinflammatory and antiproliferative drugs in pulmonary hypertension (e.g. Rho-kinase inhibitors, imatinib mesylate. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) will be given along with recent patents.
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic, Borstel Research Center, Parkallee 35, Borstel, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blaukovitsch
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zabel
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Hauber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D032389:Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors