Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Rieske iron-sulfur protein induces FKBP12.6/RyR2 complex remodeling and subsequent pulmonary hypertension through NF-κB/cyclin D1 pathway

  • Lin Mei,
  • Yun-Min Zheng,
  • Tengyao Song,
  • Vishal R. Yadav,
  • Leroy C. Joseph,
  • Lillian Truong,
  • Sharath Kandhi,
  • Margarida M. Barroso,
  • Hiroshi Takeshima,
  • Marc A. Judson,
  • Yong-Xiao Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17314-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Pulmonary hypertension is a devastating disease with elevation of pulmonary artery pressure and related to abnormal calcium signalling. Here, the authors show that suppression or stabilization of the calcium channel ryanodine receptor 2 may be a potential treatment approach for this disease.