title: World Health Organization Class III COPD-associated pulmonary hypertension: are we there yet in understanding the pathobiology of the disease?
authors.affiliation: Dr. Steiner is Assistant Professor of Medicine, Lung, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA. Electronic address: marciakathryn.steiner@umassmemorial.org.
authors.forename: M Kathryn
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Steiner
mesh_terms: D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014944:World Health Organization
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6