Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase: Role in human health, disease and potential therapeutic target

ME Muehlebach, SA Holstein - Clinical and Translational …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase (GGDPS), an enzyme in the isoprenoid biosynthesis
pathway, is responsible for the production of geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP). GGPP …

[HTML][HTML] The biological bases of group 2 pulmonary hypertension

AI Fernández, R Yotti, A González-Mansilla… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a potentially fatal condition with a prevalence of around 1%
in the world population and most commonly caused by left heart disease (PH-LHD). Usually …

Dietary geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate counteracts the benefits of statin therapy in experimental pulmonary hypertension

L Zhu, F Liu, Q Hao, T Feng, Z Chen, S Luo, R Xiao… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The mevalonate pathway generates endogenous cholesterol and
intermediates including geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP). By reducing GGPP …

Animal models of pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease

SF Liu, Y Yan - Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH‐LHD) is regarded as the most
prevalent form of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Indeed, PH is an independent risk factor …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of Atorvastatin for chronic lung diseases therapy

AS Tulbah - Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Atorvastatin (ATO) is of the statin class and is used as an orally administered lipid-lowering
drug. ATO is a reversible synthetic competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA …

[HTML][HTML] Biventricular increases in mitochondrial fission mediator (MiD51) and proglycolytic pyruvate kinase (PKM2) isoform in experimental group 2 pulmonary …

PY Xiong, L Tian, KJ Dunham-Snary… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Group 2 pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined as a mean pulmonary arterial
pressure≥ 25 mmHg with elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure> 15 mmHg, has no …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical stretching of pulmonary vein stimulates matrix metalloproteinase-9 and transforming growth factor-β1 through stretch-activated channel/MAPK …

H Zhang, W Huang, H Liu, Y Zheng, L Liao - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH-LHD) is a momentous pulmonary
hypertension disease, and left heart disease is the most familiar cause. Mechanical …

[HTML][HTML] Anti-arrhythmic properties of non-antiarrhythmic medications

EA Williams, V Russo, S Ceraso, D Gupta… - Pharmacological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional anti-arrhythmic drugs are classified by the Vaughan-Williams classification
scheme based on their mechanisms of action, which includes effects on receptors and/or ion …

An updated review of YAP: A promising therapeutic target against cardiac aging?

J Leng, C Wang, Z Liang, F Qiu, S Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The transcriptional co-activator Yes-associated protein (YAP) functions as a downstream
effector of the Hippo signaling pathway and plays a crucial role in cardiomyocyte survival. In …

Inhibiting pyruvate kinase muscle isoform 2 regresses group 2 pulmonary hypertension induced by supra‐coronary aortic banding

PY Xiong, M Motamed, KH Chen, A Dasgupta… - Acta …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Group 2 pulmonary hypertension (PH) has no approved PH‐targeted therapy.
Metabolic remodelling, specifically a biventricular increase in pyruvate kinase muscle (PKM) …