Hyperplasia of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells is causally related to overexpression of the serotonin transporter in primary pulmonary hypertension

MeSH terms

• Carrier Proteins / genetics*
• Carrier Proteins / metabolism
• Carrier Proteins / physiology
• Cell Division
• Cells, Cultured
• Gene Expression
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
• Humans
• Hyperplasia
• Hypertension, Pulmonary / genetics*
• Hypertension, Pulmonary / metabolism
• Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology
• Lung / metabolism
• Membrane Glycoproteins / genetics*
• Membrane Glycoproteins / metabolism
• Membrane Glycoproteins / physiology
• Membrane Transport Proteins*
• Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / pathology*
• Nerve Tissue Proteins*
• Polymorphism, Genetic
• Pulmonary Artery / metabolism
• Pulmonary Artery / pathology*
• Serotonin / physiology
• Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins