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WIPI1 is a conserved mediator of right ventricular failure
April 2019 • Christos Tzimas, Christoph Rau, Petra E. Buergisser, Gaston Jean-Louis, Katherine J. Lee, Jeffrey Chukwuneke, Wen Dun, Yibin Wang, Emily J. Tsai
Right ventricular dysfunction is highly prevalent across cardiopulmonary diseases and independently predicts death in both heart failure (HF) and pulmonary hypertension (PH). Progression towards right ventricular failure (RVF) can occur in spite of optimal medical treatment of HF or PH, highlighting current insufficient understanding of RVF molecular pathophysiology. To identify molecular mechanisms that may distinctly underlie RVF, we investigated the cardiac ventricular transcriptome of advanced HF patients, wit…