Abstract Number: 3005 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension-Associated Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-3a Gene Cause Constitutive Activation of the Endothelin-1 Gene Promoter
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and fatal complication in the patients with connective tissue diseases (CTD). Elevation of endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in…