Kurt Stenmark, MD
Professor, Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine

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Medical School:
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (1977)
Residency:
  • University of Colorado, Pediatrics (1981)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (1984)
Languages: English
Department: Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine

Professional Titles

  • Chair, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Research Interests

I am the principal investigator of a National Institutes of Health grant studying the mechanisms involved in pulmonary vascular remodeling and the response of the lung vasculature to hypoxia and other injuries.

Publications

  • Walter R, Hunter K, Stenmark K, Kheyfets VO. Hemodynamically Unloading the Distal Pulmonary Circulation in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Modeling Study. J Biomech Eng. 2022 Feb 1;144(2). PubMed PMID: 34251418
  • Vohwinkel CU, Burns N, Coit E, Yuan X, Vladar EK, Sul C, Schmidt EP, Carmeliet P, Stenmark K, Nozik ES, Tuder RM, Eltzschig HK. HIF1A-dependent induction of alveolar epithelial PFKFB3 dampens acute lung injury. JCI Insight. 2022 Dec 22;7(24). PubMed PMID: 36326834
  • Sarkar T, Nguyen T, Moinuddin SM, Stenmark KR, Nozik ES, Saha D, Ahsan F. A Protocol for Fabrication and on-Chip Cell Culture to Recreate PAH-Afflicted Pulmonary Artery on a Microfluidic Device. Micromachines (Basel). 2022 Sep 7;13(9). PubMed PMID: 36144106
  • Gu S, Mickael C, Kumar R, Lee MH, Sanders L, Kassa B, Harral J, Williams J, Hansen KC, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. The role of macrophages in right ventricular remodeling in experimental pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2022 Jul;12(3):e12105. PubMed PMID: 35874852
  • Campbell NV, Mickael C, Kumar S, Zhang H, Campbell IL, Gillen AE, Trentin CO, Diener K, Gao B, Kheyfets VO, Gu S, Kumar R, Phang T, Brown RD, Graham BB, Stenmark KR. Single-cell RNA sequencing and binary hierarchical clustering define lung interstitial macrophage heterogeneity in response to hypoxia. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2022 Jul 1;323(1):L58-L68. PubMed PMID: 35608266
  • Muratoglu SC, Charette MF, Galis ZS, Greenstein AS, Daugherty A, Joutel A, Kozel BA, Wilcock DM, Collins EC, Sorond FA, Howell GR, Hyacinth HI, Lloyd KKC, Stenmark KR, Boehm M, Kahn ML, Corriveau R, Wells S, Bussey TJ, Sukoff Rizzo SJ, Iruela-Arispe ML. Perspectives on Cognitive Phenotypes and Models of Vascular Disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2022 Jul;42(7):831-838. PubMed PMID: 35510549
  • Mickael C, Kheyfets VO, Langouët-Astrié C, Lee MH, Sanders LA, Trentin CO, Sweatt AJ, Zamanian RT, Bull TM, Stenmark K, Graham BB, Tuder RM. Peripheral Blood Inflammation Profile of Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using the High-Throughput Olink Proteomics Platform. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2022 May;66(5):580-581. PubMed PMID: 35486078
  • Crawley WT, Jungels CG, Stenmark KR, Fini MA. U-shaped association of uric acid to overall-cause mortality and its impact on clinical management of hyperuricemia. Redox Biol. 2022 May;51:102271. PubMed PMID: 35228125
  • Halawa S, Pullamsetti SS, Bangham CRM, Stenmark KR, Dorfmüller P, Frid MG, Butrous G, Morrell NW, de Jesus Perez VA, Stuart DI, O'Gallagher K, Shah AM, Aguib Y, Yacoub MH. Potential long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the pulmonary vasculature: a global perspective. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 May;19(5):314-331. PubMed PMID: 34873286
  • Walter R, Hunter K, Stenmark K, Kheyfets VO. Hemodynamically Unloading the Distal Pulmonary Circulation in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Modeling Study. J Biomech Eng. 2022 Feb 1;144(2). PubMed PMID: 34251418
  • Strassheim D, Sullivan T, Irwin DC, Gerasimovskaya E, Lahm T, Klemm DJ, Dempsey EC, Stenmark KR, Karoor V. Metabolite G-Protein Coupled Receptors in Cardio-Metabolic Diseases. Cells. 2021 Nov 29;10(12). PubMed PMID: 34943862
  • Stenmark K. Book review on hypoxic respiratory failure in the newborn - from origins to clinical management. Pulm Circ. 2021 Oct-Dec;11(4):20458940211060161. PubMed PMID: 34925763
  • Halawa S, Pullamsetti SS, Bangham CRM, Stenmark KR, Dorfmüller P, Frid MG, Butrous G, Morrell NW, de Jesus Perez VA, Stuart DI, O'Gallagher K, Shah AM, Aguib Y, Yacoub MH. Potential long-term effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection on the pulmonary vasculature: a global perspective. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2021 Dec 6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 34873286
  • Karoor V, Swindle D, Pak DI, Strassheim D, Fini MA, Dempsey E, Stenmark KR, Hassell K, Nuss R, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Evidence supporting a role for circulating macrophages in the regression of vascular remodeling following sub-chronic exposure to hemoglobin plus hypoxia. Pulm Circ. 2021 Oct-Dec;11(4):20458940211056806. PubMed PMID: 34777787
  • Karoor V, Strassheim D, Sullivan T, Verin A, Umapathy NS, Dempsey EC, Frank DN, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Butyrate Attenuates Pulmonary Vascular Remodeling and Inflammation in Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Sep 14;22(18). PubMed PMID: 34576081
  • Applegate TJ, Krafsur GM, Boon JA, Zhang H, Li M, Holt TN, Ambler SK, Abrams BA, Gustafson DL, Bartels K, Garry FB, Stenmark KR, Brown RD. Brief Report: Case Comparison of Therapy With the Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Vorinostat in a Neonatal Calf Model of Pulmonary Hypertension. Front Physiol. 2021;12:712583. PubMed PMID: 34552503
  • Fini MA, Lanaspa MA, Gaucher EA, Boutwell B, Nakagawa T, Wright RM, Sanchez-Lozada LG, Andrews P, Stenmark KR, Johnson RJ. Brief report: The uricase mutation in humans increases our risk for cancer growth. Cancer Metab. 2021 Sep 15;9(1):32. PubMed PMID: 34526149
  • Kumar S, Frid MG, Zhang H, Li M, Riddle S, Brown RD, Yadav SC, Roy MK, Dzieciatkowska ME, D'Alessandro A, Hansen KC, Stenmark KR. Complement-containing small extracellular vesicles from adventitial fibroblasts induce proinflammatory and metabolic reprogramming in macrophages. JCI Insight. 2021 Nov 8;6(21). PubMed PMID: 34499621
  • Kassa B, Kumar R, Mickael C, Sanders L, Vohwinkel C, Lee MH, Gu S, Poth JM, Stenmark KR, Zhao YY, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Endothelial cell PHD2-HIF1a-PFKFB3 contributes to right ventricle vascular adaptation in pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Oct 1;321(4):L675-L685. PubMed PMID: 34346780
  • Stenmark KR, Frid MG, Gerasimovskaya E, Zhang H, McCarthy MK, Thurman JM, Morrison TE. Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2-induced lung vascular disease: potential role of complement. Pulm Circ. 2021 Apr-Jun;11(2):20458940211015799. PubMed PMID: 34046161
  • Zhang H, Laux A, Stenmark KR, Hu CJ. Mechanisms Contributing to the Dysregulation of miRNA-124 in Pulmonary Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Apr 8;22(8). PubMed PMID: 33917769
  • Al-Hilal TA, Hossain MA, Alobaida A, Alam F, Keshavarz A, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, German NA, Ahsan F. Design, synthesis and biological evaluations of a long-acting, hypoxia-activated prodrug of fasudil, a ROCK inhibitor, to reduce its systemic side-effects. J Control Release. 2021 Jun 10;334:237-247. PubMed PMID: 33915222
  • Li M, Riddle S, Kumar S, Poczobutt J, McKeon BA, Frid MG, Ostaff M, Reisz JA, Nemkov T, Fini MA, Laux A, Hu CJ, El Kasmi KC, D'Alessandro A, Brown RD, Zhang H, Stenmark KR. Microenvironmental Regulation of Macrophage Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Profiles in Pulmonary Hypertension. Front Immunol. 2021;12:640718. PubMed PMID: 33868271
  • Bagchi AK, Malik A, Akolkar G, Zimmer A, Belló-Klein A, De Angelis K, Jassal DS, Fini MA, Stenmark KR, Singal PK. Study of ER stress and apoptotic proteins in the heart and tumor exposed to doxorubicin. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Res. 2021 Jun;1868(7):119039. PubMed PMID: 33857568
  • Schäfer M, Frank BS, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Stenmark KR, Mitchell MB, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Kheyfets V, Miller-Reed K, Ing R, Morgan GJ, Truong U. Short-Term Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Right Ventricular Flow Hemodynamics by 4-Dimensional-Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Children With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Apr 20;10(8):e020548. PubMed PMID: 33821682
  • Hye T, Dwivedi P, Li W, Lahm T, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Newer insights into the pathobiological and pharmacological basis of the sex disparity in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Jun 1;320(6):L1025-L1037. PubMed PMID: 33719549
  • Frump AL, Albrecht M, Yakubov B, Breuils-Bonnet S, Nadeau V, Tremblay E, Potus F, Omura J, Cook T, Fisher A, Rodriguez B, Brown RD, Stenmark KR, Rubinstein CD, Krentz K, Tabima DM, Li R, Sun X, Chesler NC, Provencher S, Bonnet S, Lahm T. 17ß-Estradiol and estrogen receptor a protect right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension via BMPR2 and apelin. J Clin Invest. 2021 Mar 15;131(6). PubMed PMID: 33497359
  • Delaney C, Davizon-Castillo P, Allawzi A, Posey J, Gandjeva A, Neeves K, Tuder RM, Di Paola J, Stenmark KR, Nozik ES. Platelet activation contributes to hypoxia-induced inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 Mar 1;320(3):L413-L421. PubMed PMID: 33264579
  • Chelladurai P, Boucherat O, Stenmark K, Kracht M, Seeger W, Bauer UM, Bonnet S, Pullamsetti SS. Targeting histone acetylation in pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy. Br J Pharmacol. 2021 Jan;178(1):54-71. PubMed PMID: 31749139
  • Chelladurai P, Boucherat O, Stenmark K, Kracht M, Seeger W, Bauer UM, Bonnet S, Pullamsetti SS. Targeting histone acetylation in pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy. Br J Pharmacol. 2021 Jan;178(1):54-71. PubMed PMID: 31749139
  • Delaney C, Davizon-Castillo P, Allawzi A, Posey J, Gandjeva A, Neeves K, Tuder RM, Di Paola J, Stenmark KR, Nozik ES. Platelet activation contributes to hypoxia-induced inflammation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Dec 2. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 33264579
  • Strassheim D, Verin A, Batori R, Nijmeh H, Burns N, Kovacs-Kasa A, Umapathy NS, Kotamarthi J, Gokhale YS, Karoor V, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. P2Y Purinergic Receptors, Endothelial Dysfunction, and Cardiovascular Diseases. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Sep 18;21(18). PubMed PMID: 32962005
  • Al-Hilal TA, Keshavarz A, Kadry H, Lahooti B, Al-Obaida A, Ding Z, Li W, Kamm R, McMurtry IF, Lahm T, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Pulmonary-arterial-hypertension (PAH)-on-a-chip: fabrication, validation and application. Lab Chip. 2020 Sep 21;20(18):3334-3345. PubMed PMID: 32749432
  • Ferguson SK, Redinius KM, Harral JW, Pak DI, Swindle DC, Hirai DM, Blackwell JR, Jones AM, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. The effect of dietary nitrate supplementation on the speed-duration relationship in mice with sickle cell disease. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2020 Sep 1;129(3):474-482. PubMed PMID: 32702277
  • Frid MG, Thurman JM, Hansen KC, Maron BA, Stenmark KR. Inflammation, immunity, and vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension; Evidence for complement involvement?. Glob Cardiol Sci Pract. 2020 Apr 30;2020(1):e202001. PubMed PMID: 32478115
  • Zhang H, Brown RD, Stenmark KR, Hu CJ. RNA-Binding Proteins in Pulmonary Hypertension. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 May 26;21(11). PubMed PMID: 32466553
  • Verin AD, Batori R, Kovacs-Kasa A, Cherian-Shaw M, Kumar S, Czikora I, Karoor V, Strassheim D, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya EV. Extracellular adenosine enhances pulmonary artery vasa vasorum endothelial cell barrier function via Gi/ELMO1/Rac1/PKA-dependent signaling mechanisms. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2020 Jul 1;319(1):C183-C193. PubMed PMID: 32432925
  • Petrou CL, D'Ovidio TJ, Bölükbas DA, Tas S, Brown RD, Allawzi A, Lindstedt S, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Wagner DE, Magin CM. Clickable decellularized extracellular matrix as a new tool for building hybrid-hydrogels to model chronic fibrotic diseases in vitro. J Mater Chem B. 2020 Aug 21;8(31):6814-6826. PubMed PMID: 32343292
  • Brown RD, Fini MA, Stenmark KR. Band on the run: insights into right ventricular reverse remodelling. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Aug 1;116(10):1651-1653. PubMed PMID: 32289148
  • Tuder RM, Stenmark KR. Perspective: pathobiological paradigms in pulmonary hypertension, time for reappraisal. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Jun 1;318(6):L1131-L1137. PubMed PMID: 32186206
  • Joshi SR, Kitagawa A, Jacob C, Hashimoto R, Dhagia V, Ramesh A, Zheng C, Zhang H, Jordan A, Waddell I, Leopold J, Hu CJ, McMurtry IF, D'Alessandro A, Stenmark KR, Gupte SA. Hypoxic activation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase controls the expression of genes involved in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension through the regulation of DNA methylation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Apr 1;318(4):L773-L786. PubMed PMID: 32159369
  • Hernandez-Saavedra D, Sanders L, Freeman S, Reisz JA, Lee MH, Mickael C, Kumar R, Kassa B, Gu S, D' Alessandro A, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Publisher Correction: Stable isotope metabolomics of pulmonary artery smooth muscle and endothelial cells in pulmonary hypertension and with TGF-beta treatment. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 4;10(1):4349. PubMed PMID: 32132567
  • Strassheim D, Karoor V, Nijmeh H, Weston P, Lapel M, Schaack J, Sullivan T, Dempsey EC, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya E. c-Jun, Foxo3a, and c-Myc Transcription Factors are Key Regulators of ATP-Mediated Angiogenic Responses in Pulmonary Artery Vasa Vasorum Endothelial Cells. Cells. 2020 Feb 11;9(2). PubMed PMID: 32054096
  • Hernandez-Saavedra D, Sanders L, Freeman S, Reisz JA, Lee MH, Mickael C, Kumar R, Kassa B, Gu S, D' Alessandro A, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Stable isotope metabolomics of pulmonary artery smooth muscle and endothelial cells in pulmonary hypertension and with TGF-beta treatment. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 15;10(1):413. PubMed PMID: 31942023
  • Hashimoto R, Lanier GM, Dhagia V, Joshi SR, Jordan A, Waddell I, Tuder R, Stenmark KR, Wolin MS, McMurtry IF, Gupte SA. Pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells augment a-adrenergic receptor-mediated contraction of pulmonary artery and contribute to the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Feb 1;318(2):L386-L401. PubMed PMID: 31913656
  • Kumar R, Mickael C, Kassa B, Sanders L, Hernandez-Saavedra D, Koyanagi DE, Kumar S, Pugliese SC, Thomas S, McClendon J, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Interstitial macrophage-derived thrombospondin-1 contributes to hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Cardiovasc Res. 2020 Oct 1;116(12):2021-2030. PubMed PMID: 31710666
  • Frid MG, McKeon BA, Thurman JM, Maron BA, Li M, Zhang H, Kumar S, Sullivan T, Laskowsky J, Fini MA, Hu S, Tuder RM, Gandjeva A, Wilkins MR, Rhodes CJ, Ghataorhe P, Leopold JA, Wang RS, Holers VM, Stenmark KR. Immunoglobulin-driven Complement Activation Regulates Proinflammatory Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 Jan 15;201(2):224-239. PubMed PMID: 31545648
  • Rashid J, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Inhaled combination of sildenafil and rosiglitazone improves pulmonary hemodynamics, cardiac function, and arterial remodeling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 Jan 1;316(1):L119-L130. PubMed PMID: 30307312
  • Krafsur GM, Neary JM, Garry F, Holt T, Gould DH, Mason GL, Thomas MG, Enns RM, Tuder RM, Heaton MP, Brown RD, Stenmark KR. Cardiopulmonary remodeling in fattened beef cattle: a naturally occurring large animal model of obesity-associated pulmonary hypertension with left heart disease. Pulm Circ. 2019 Jan-Mar;9(1):2045894018796804. PubMed PMID: 30124135
  • Spiekerkoetter E, Goncharova EA, Guignabert C, Stenmark K, Kwapiszewska G, Rabinovitch M, Voelkel N, Bogaard HJ, Graham B, Pullamsetti SS, Kuebler WM. Hot topics in the mechanisms of pulmonary arterial hypertension disease: cancer-like pathobiology, the role of the adventitia, systemic involvement, and right ventricular failure. Pulm Circ. 2019 Oct-Dec;9(4):2045894019889775. PubMed PMID: 31798835
  • Chelladurai P, Boucherat O, Stenmark K, Kracht M, Seeger W, Bauer UM, Bonnet S, Pullamsetti SS. Targeting histone acetylation in pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy. Br J Pharmacol. 2019 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31749139
  • Arnold ND, Pickworth JA, West LE, Dawson S, Carvalho JA, Casbolt H, Braithwaite AT, Iremonger J, Renshall L, Germaschewski V, McCourt M, Bland-Ward P, Kowash H, Hameed AG, Rothman AMK, Frid MG, Roger Thompson AA, Evans HR, Southwood M, Morrell NW, Crossman DC, Whyte MKB, Stenmark KR, Newman CM, Kiely DG, Francis SE, Lawrie A. A therapeutic antibody targeting osteoprotegerin attenuates severe experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension. Nat Commun. 2019 Nov 15;10(1):5183. PubMed PMID: 31729368
  • Kumar R, Mickael C, Kassa B, Sanders L, Hernandez-Saavedra D, Koyanagi DE, Kumar S, Pugliese SC, Thomas S, McClendon J, Maloney JP, Janssen WJ, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. Interstitial Macrophage-Derived Thrombospondin-1 Contributes to Hypoxia-Induced Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiovasc Res. 2019 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31710666
  • Strassheim D, Dempsey EC, Gerasimovskaya E, Stenmark K, Karoor V. Role of Inflammatory Cell Subtypes in Heart Failure. J Immunol Res. 2019;2019:2164017. PubMed PMID: 31565659
  • Allawzi A, McDermott I, Delaney C, Nguyen K, Banimostafa L, Trumpie A, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Riemondy K, Gillen A, Hesselberth J, El Kasmi K, Sucharov CC, Janssen WJ, Stenmark K, Bowler R, Nozik-Grayck E. Redistribution of EC-SOD resolves bleomycin-induced inflammation via increased apoptosis of recruited alveolar macrophages. FASEB J. 2019 Dec;33(12):13465-13475. PubMed PMID: 31560857
  • Hu CJ, Poth JM, Zhang H, Flockton A, Laux A, Kumar S, McKeon B, Mouradian G, Li M, Riddle S, Pugliese SC, Brown RD, Wallace EM, Graham BB, Frid MG, Stenmark KR. Suppression of HIF2 signalling attenuates the initiation of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2019 Dec;54(6). PubMed PMID: 31515405
  • Fini MA, Stenmark KR. Pegloticase and lowering blood pressure in refractory gout; is it uric acid or hydrogen peroxide?. Eur J Intern Med. 2019 Nov;69:e11-e12. PubMed PMID: 31471165
  • Redinus K, Baek JH, Yalamanoglu A, Shin HKH, Moldova R, Harral JW, Swindle D, Pak D, Ferguson SK, Nuss R, Hassell K, Nozik-Grayck E, Palmer AF, Fini MA, Karoor V, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. An Hb-mediated circulating macrophage contributing to pulmonary vascular remodeling in sickle cell disease. JCI Insight. 2019 Aug 8;4(15). PubMed PMID: 31391342
  • Bruns DR, Tatman PD, Kalkur RS, Brown RD, Stenmark KR, Buttrick PM, Walker LA. The right ventricular fibroblast secretome drives cardiomyocyte dedifferentiation. PLoS One. 2019;14(8):e0220573. PubMed PMID: 31374110
  • Tan Y, Tseng P, Wang D, Zhang H, Hunter K, Hertzberg J, Stenmark KR, Tan W. Retraction: Stiffening-Induced High Pulsatility Flow Activates Endothelial Inflammation via a TLR2/NF-?B Pathway. PLoS One. 2019;14(7):e0220600. PubMed PMID: 31356647
  • Keshavarz A, Alobaida A, McMurtry IF, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. CAR, a Homing Peptide, Prolongs Pulmonary Preferential Vasodilation by Increasing Pulmonary Retention and Reducing Systemic Absorption of Liposomal Fasudil. Mol Pharm. 2019 Aug 5;16(8):3414-3429. PubMed PMID: 31194563
  • Strassheim D, Gerasimovskaya E, Irwin D, Dempsey EC, Stenmark K, Karoor V. RhoGTPase in Vascular Disease. Cells. 2019 Jun 6;8(6). PubMed PMID: 31174369
  • Rafuse M, Xu X, Stenmark K, Neu CP, Yin X, Tan W. Layer-specific arterial micromechanics and microstructure: Influences of age, anatomical location, and processing technique. J Biomech. 2019 May 9;88:113-121. PubMed PMID: 31010593
  • Ferguson SK, Pak DI, Hopkins JL, Harral JW, Redinius KM, Loomis Z, Stenmark KR, Borden MA, Schroeder T, Irwin DC. Pre-clinical assessment of a water-in-fluorocarbon emulsion for the treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases. Drug Deliv. 2019 Dec;26(1):147-157. PubMed PMID: 30822171
  • Schäfer M, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Stenmark K, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Mitchell MB, Morgan GJ, Wilson N, Shah A, Kollengode M, Naresh N, Fonseca B, DiMaria M, Buckner JK, Hunter KS, Kheyfets V, Fenster BE, Truong U. Differences in pulmonary arterial flow hemodynamics between children and adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension as assessed by 4D-flow CMR studies. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2019 May 1;316(5):H1091-H1104. PubMed PMID: 30822118
  • Huang J, Frid M, Gewitz MH, Fallon JT, Brown D, Krafsur G, Stenmark K, Mathew R. Hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension and chronic lung disease: caveolin-1 dysfunction an important underlying feature. Pulm Circ. 2019 Jan-Mar;9(1):2045894019837876. PubMed PMID: 30806156
  • Humbert M, Guignabert C, Bonnet S, Dorfmüller P, Klinger JR, Nicolls MR, Olschewski AJ, Pullamsetti SS, Schermuly RT, Stenmark KR, Rabinovitch M. Pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension: state of the art and research perspectives. Eur Respir J. 2019 Jan;53(1). PubMed PMID: 30545970
  • Bailey KE, Floren ML, D'Ovidio TJ, Lammers SR, Stenmark KR, Magin CM. Tissue-informed engineering strategies for modeling human pulmonary diseases. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 Feb 1;316(2):L303-L320. PubMed PMID: 30461289
  • Rashid J, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Inhaled combination of sildenafil and rosiglitazone improves pulmonary hemodynamics, cardiac function, and arterial remodeling. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2019 Jan 1;316(1):L119-L130. PubMed PMID: 30307312
  • Krafsur GM, Neary JM, Garry F, Holt T, Gould DH, Mason GL, Thomas MG, Enns RM, Tuder RM, Heaton MP, Brown RD, Stenmark KR. Cardiopulmonary remodeling in fattened beef cattle: a naturally occurring large animal model of obesity-associated pulmonary hypertension with left heart disease. Pulm Circ. 2019 Jan-Mar;9(1):2045894018796804. PubMed PMID: 30124135
  • Ferguson SK, Redinius K, Yalamanoglu A, Harral JW, Hyen Baek J, Pak D, Loomis Z, Hassell D, Eigenberger P, Nozik-Grayck E, Nuss R, Hassell K, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Effects of living at moderate altitude on pulmonary vascular function and exercise capacity in mice with sickle cell anaemia. J Physiol. 2019 Feb;597(4):1073-1085. PubMed PMID: 29931797
  • Hu CJ, Zhang H, Laux A, Pullamsetti SS, Stenmark KR. Mechanisms contributing to persistently activated cell phenotypes in pulmonary hypertension. J Physiol. 2019 Feb;597(4):1103-1119. PubMed PMID: 29920674
  • Friesen RM, Schäfer M, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Stenmark K, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Truong U. Proximal pulmonary vascular stiffness as a prognostic factor in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Feb 1;20(2):209-217. PubMed PMID: 29788051
  • Stenmark KR, Frid MG, Graham BB, Tuder RM. Dynamic and Diverse Changes in the Functional Properties of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Pulmonary Hypertension. Cardiovasc Res. 2018 Jan 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29385432
  • Humbert M, Guignabert C, Bonnet S, Dorfmüller P, Klinger JR, Nicolls MR, Olschewski AJ, Pullamsetti SS, Schermuly RT, Stenmark KR, Rabinovitch M. Pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension: state of the art and research perspectives. Eur Respir J. 2018 Dec 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30545970
  • Bailey KE, Floren ML, D'Ovidio TJ, Lammers SR, Stenmark KR, Magin CM. Tissue-Informed Engineering Strategies for Modeling Human Pulmonary Diseases. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2018 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30461289
  • Grunig G, Eichstaedt CA, Verweyen J, Durmus N, Saxer S, Krafsur G, Stenmark K, Ulrich S, Grünig E, Pylawka S. Circulating MicroRNA Markers for Pulmonary Hypertension in Supervised Exercise Intervention and Nightly Oxygen Intervention. Front Physiol. 2018;9:955. PubMed PMID: 30090067
  • Ferguson SK, Redinius K, Yalamanoglu A, Harral JW, Hyen Baek J, Pak D, Loomis Z, Hassell D, Eigenberger P, Nozik-Grayck E, Nuss R, Hassell K, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Effects of living at moderate altitude on pulmonary vascular function and exercise capacity in mice with sickle cell anaemia. J Physiol. 2018 Jun 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29931797
  • Hu CJ, Zhang H, Laux A, Pullamsetti SS, Stenmark KR. Mechanisms contributing to persistently activated cell phenotypes in pulmonary hypertension. J Physiol. 2018 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29920674
  • Graham BB, Kumar R, Mickael C, Kassa B, Koyanagi D, Sanders L, Zhang L, Perez M, Hernandez-Saavedra D, Valencia C, Dixon K, Harral J, Loomis Z, Irwin D, Nemkov T, D'Alessandro A, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM. Vascular Adaptation of the Right Ventricle in Experimental Pulmonary Hypertension. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2018 Oct;59(4):479-489. PubMed PMID: 29851508
  • Friesen RM, Schäfer M, Ivy DD, Abman SH, Stenmark K, Browne LP, Barker AJ, Hunter KS, Truong U. Proximal pulmonary vascular stiffness as a prognostic factor in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 May 16. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 29788051
  • D'Alessandro A, El Kasmi KC, Plecitá-Hlavatá L, Ježek P, Li M, Zhang H, Gupte SA, Stenmark KR. Hallmarks of Pulmonary Hypertension: Mesenchymal and Inflammatory Cell Metabolic Reprogramming. Antioxid Redox Signal. 2018 Jan 20;28(3):230-250. PubMed PMID: 28637353
  • Ding Y, Xu X, Sharma S, Floren M, Stenmark K, Bryant SJ, Neu CP, Tan W. Biomimetic soft fibrous hydrogels for contractile and pharmacologically responsive smooth muscle. Acta Biomater. 2018 Jul 1;74:121-130. PubMed PMID: 29753912
  • Rashid J, Alobaida A, Al-Hilal TA, Hammouda S, McMurtry IF, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Repurposing rosiglitazone, a PPAR-? agonist and oral antidiabetic, as an inhaled formulation, for the treatment of PAH. J Control Release. 2018 Jun 28;280:113-123. PubMed PMID: 29723610
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  • Ferguson SK, Harral JW, Pak DI, Redinius KM, Stenmark KR, Schaer DJ, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Impact of cell-free hemoglobin on contracting skeletal muscle microvascular oxygen pressure dynamics. Nitric Oxide. 2018 Jun 1;76:29-36. PubMed PMID: 29526566
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  • Schäfer M, Kheyfets VO, Barker AJ, Stenmark K, Hunter KS, McClatchey PM, Buckner JK, Reece TB, Jazaeri O, Fenster BE. Reduced shear stress and associated aortic deformation in the thoracic aorta of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Vasc Surg. 2018 Jul;68(1):246-253. PubMed PMID: 28986100
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  • Schäfer M, Humphries S, Stenmark KR, Kheyfets VO, Buckner JK, Hunter KS, Fenster BE. 4D-flow cardiac magnetic resonance-derived vorticity is sensitive marker of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2018 Apr 1;19(4):415-424. PubMed PMID: 28460004
  • Madhavan K, Frid MG, Hunter K, Shandas R, Stenmark KR, Park D. Development of an electrospun biomimetic polyurea scaffold suitable for vascular grafting. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2018 Jan;106(1):278-290. PubMed PMID: 28130878
  • Madhavan K, Frid MG, Hunter K, Shandas R, Stenmark KR, Park D. Development of an electrospun biomimetic polyurea scaffold suitable for vascular grafting. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2018 Jan;106(1):278-290. PubMed PMID: 28130878
  • Lapel M, Weston P, Strassheim D, Karoor V, Burns N, Lyubchenko T, Paucek P, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya EV. Glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation are essential for purinergic receptor-mediated angiogenic responses in vasa vasorum endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2017 Jan 1;312(1):C56-C70. PubMed PMID: 27856430
  • Schäfer M, Barker AJ, Kheyfets V, Stenmark KR, Crapo J, Yeager ME, Truong U, Buckner JK, Fenster BE, Hunter KS. Helicity and Vorticity of Pulmonary Arterial Flow in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: Quantitative Analysis of Flow Formations. J Am Heart Assoc. 2017 Dec 20;6(12). PubMed PMID: 29263034
  • Jones D, Neff CP, Palmer BE, Stenmark K, Nagel MA. Varicella zoster virus-infected cerebrovascular cells produce a proinflammatory environment. Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm. 2017 Sep;4(5):e382. PubMed PMID: 29159203
  • Plecitá-Hlavatá L, D'alessandro A, El Kasmi K, Li M, Zhang H, Ježek P, Stenmark KR. Metabolic Reprogramming and Redox Signaling in Pulmonary Hypertension. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;967:241-260. PubMed PMID: 29047090
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  • D'Alessandro A, Nozik-Grayck E, Stenmark KR. Identification of Infants at Risk for Chronic Lung Disease at Birth. Potential for a Personalized Approach to Disease Prevention. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Oct 15;196(8):951-952. PubMed PMID: 28613077
  • Kumar R, Mickael C, Kassa B, Gebreab L, Robinson JC, Koyanagi DE, Sanders L, Barthel L, Meadows C, Fox D, Irwin D, Li M, McKeon BA, Riddle S, Dale Brown R, Morgan LE, Evans CM, Hernandez-Saavedra D, Bandeira A, Maloney JP, Bull TM, Janssen WJ, Stenmark KR, Tuder RM, Graham BB. TGF-ß activation by bone marrow-derived thrombospondin-1 causes Schistosoma- and hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Nat Commun. 2017 May 30;8:15494. PubMed PMID: 28555642
  • Yuan JX, Morrell NW, Stenmark KR, Lang IM, Butrous G, Reynolds ME. The Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute celebrates its first decade. Pulm Circ. 2017 Apr-Jun;7(2):283-284. PubMed PMID: 28597776
  • Pugliese SC, Kumar S, Janssen WJ, Graham BB, Frid MG, Riddle SR, El Kasmi KC, Stenmark KR. A Time- and Compartment-Specific Activation of Lung Macrophages in Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension. J Immunol. 2017 Jun 15;198(12):4802-4812. PubMed PMID: 28500078
  • Schäfer M, Humphries S, Stenmark KR, Kheyfets VO, Buckner JK, Hunter KS, Fenster BE. 4D-flow cardiac magnetic resonance-derived vorticity is sensitive marker of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 28460004
  • Loomis Z, Eigenberger P, Redinius K, Lisk C, Karoor V, Nozik-Grayck E, Ferguson SK, Hassell K, Nuss R, Stenmark KR, Buehler PW, Irwin DC. Correction: Hemoglobin induced cell trauma indirectly influences endothelial TLR9 activity resulting in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell activation. PLoS One. 2017;12(3):e0173652. PubMed PMID: 28264019
  • Rashid J, Patel B, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Inhaled sildenafil as an alternative to oral sildenafil in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). J Control Release. 2017 Mar 28;250:96-106. PubMed PMID: 28185800
  • Gupta N, Rashid J, Nozik-Grayck E, McMurtry IF, Stenmark KR, Ahsan F. Cocktail of Superoxide Dismutase and Fasudil Encapsulated in Targeted Liposomes Slows PAH Progression at a Reduced Dosing Frequency. Mol Pharm. 2017 Mar 6;14(3):830-841. PubMed PMID: 28165252
  • Loomis Z, Eigenberger P, Redinius K, Lisk C, Karoor V, Nozik-Grayck E, Ferguson SK, Hassell K, Nuss R, Stenmark K, Buehler P, Irwin DC. Hemoglobin induced cell trauma indirectly influences endothelial TLR9 activity resulting in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell activation. PLoS One. 2017;12(2):e0171219. PubMed PMID: 28152051
  • Murakami A, Wang L, Kalhorn S, Schraml P, Rathmell WK, Tan AC, Nemenoff R, Stenmark K, Jiang BH, Reyland ME, Heasley L, Hu CJ. Context-dependent role for chromatin remodeling component PBRM1/BAF180 in clear cell renal cell carcinoma. Oncogenesis. 2017 Jan 16;6(1):e287. PubMed PMID: 28092369
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  • Mouradian GC, Gaurav R, Pugliese S, El Kasmi K, Hartman B, Hernandez-Lagunas L, Stenmark KR, Bowler RP, Nozik-Grayck E. Superoxide Dismutase 3 R213G Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Blocks Murine Bleomycin-Induced Fibrosis and Promotes Resolution of Inflammation. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2017 Mar;56(3):362-371. PubMed PMID: 27805412
  • Schäfer M, Myers C, Brown RD, Frid MG, Tan W, Hunter K, Stenmark KR. Pulmonary Arterial Stiffness: Toward a New Paradigm in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pathophysiology and Assessment. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2016 Jan;18(1):4. PubMed PMID: 26733189
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  • Bartels K, Brown RD, Fox DL, Bull TM, Neary JM, Dorosz JL, Fonseca BM, Stenmark KR. Right Ventricular Longitudinal Strain Is Depressed in a Bovine Model of Pulmonary Hypertension. Anesth Analg. 2016 May;122(5):1280-6. PubMed PMID: 26974020
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  • Stenmark KR, Krafsur GM, Tuder RM. Pulmonary Veno-occlusive Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs: Striking Similarities to the Human Condition. Vet Pathol. 2016 Jul;53(4):707-10. PubMed PMID: 27298303
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  • Neary JM, Brown RD, Holt TN, Stenmark KR, Enns RM, Thomas MG, Garry FB. Static and dynamic components of right ventricular afterload are negatively associated with calf survival at high altitude. J Anim Sci. 2016 Oct;94(10):4172-4178. PubMed PMID: 27898844
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  • Qian J, Tian W, Jiang X, Tamosiuniene R, Sung YK, Shuffle EM, Tu AB, Valenzuela A, Jiang S, Zamanian RT, Fiorentino DF, Voelkel NF, Peters-Golden M, Stenmark KR, Chung L, Rabinovitch M, Nicolls MR. Leukotriene B4 Activates Pulmonary Artery Adventitial Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Hypertension. Hypertension. 2015 Dec;66(6):1227-39. PubMed PMID: 26558820
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  • El Kasmi KC, Stenmark KR. Contribution of metabolic reprogramming to macrophage plasticity and function. Semin Immunol. 2015 Aug;27(4):267-75. PubMed PMID: 26454572
  • Nagel MA, Choe A, Rempel A, Wyborny A, Stenmark K, Gilden D. Differential regulation of matrix metalloproteinases in varicella zoster virus-infected human brain vascular adventitial fibroblasts. J Neurol Sci. 2015 Nov 15;358(1-2):444-6. PubMed PMID: 26443282
  • Deng L, Blanco FJ, Stevens H, Lu R, Caudrillier A, McBride M, McClure JD, Grant J, Thomas M, Frid M, Stenmark K, White K, Seto AG, Morrell NW, Bradshaw AC, MacLean MR, Baker AH. MicroRNA-143 Activation Regulates Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cell Crosstalk in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Circ Res. 2015 Oct 23;117(10):870-83. PubMed PMID: 26311719
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  • Prakash YS, Tschumperlin DJ, Stenmark KR. Coming to terms with tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in the lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2015 Oct 1;309(7):L625-38. PubMed PMID: 26254424
  • Cavasin MA, Stenmark KR, McKinsey TA. Emerging roles for histone deacetylases in pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular remodeling (2013 Grover Conference series). Pulm Circ. 2015 Mar;5(1):63-72. PubMed PMID: 25992271
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  • Newman JH, Holt TN, Cogan JD, Womack B, Phillips JA 3rd, Li C, Kendall Z, Stenmark KR, Thomas MG, Brown RD, Riddle SR, West JD, Hamid R. Increased prevalence of EPAS1 variant in cattle with high-altitude pulmonary hypertension. Nat Commun. 2015 Apr 15;6:6863. PubMed PMID: 25873470
  • Miyamoto SD, Karimpour-Fard A, Peterson V, Auerbach SR, Stenmark KR, Stauffer BL, Sucharov CC. Circulating microRNA as a biomarker for recovery in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 May;34(5):724-33. PubMed PMID: 25840506
  • Irwin DC, Baek JH, Hassell K, Nuss R, Eigenberger P, Lisk C, Loomis Z, Maltzahn J, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E, Buehler PW. Hemoglobin-induced lung vascular oxidation, inflammation, and remodeling contribute to the progression of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension and is attenuated in rats with repeated-dose haptoglobin administration. Free Radic Biol Med. 2015 May;82:50-62. PubMed PMID: 25656991
  • Ranchoux B, Günther S, Quarck R, Chaumais MC, Dorfmüller P, Antigny F, Dumas SJ, Raymond N, Lau E, Savale L, Jaïs X, Sitbon O, Simonneau G, Stenmark K, Cohen-Kaminsky S, Humbert M, Montani D, Perros F. Chemotherapy-induced pulmonary hypertension: role of alkylating agents. Am J Pathol. 2015 Feb;185(2):356-71. PubMed PMID: 25497573
  • Bruns DR, Brown RD, Stenmark KR, Buttrick PM, Walker LA. Mitochondrial integrity in a neonatal bovine model of right ventricular dysfunction. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2015 Jan 15;308(2):L158-67. PubMed PMID: 25416385
  • Pugliese SC, Poth JM, Fini MA, Olschewski A, El Kasmi KC, Stenmark KR. The role of inflammation in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension: from cellular mechanisms to clinical phenotypes. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2015 Feb 1;308(3):L229-52. PubMed PMID: 25416383
  • Tan W, Madhavan K, Hunter KS, Park D, Stenmark KR. Vascular stiffening in pulmonary hypertension: cause or consequence? (2013 Grover Conference series). Pulm Circ. 2014 Dec;4(4):560-80. PubMed PMID: 25610594
  • Nozik-Grayck E, Woods C, Taylor JM, Benninger RK, Johnson RD, Villegas LR, Stenmark KR, Harrison DG, Majka SM, Irwin D, Farrow KN. Selective depletion of vascular EC-SOD augments chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2014 Dec 1;307(11):L868-76. PubMed PMID: 25326578
  • Tan Y, Tseng PO, Wang D, Zhang H, Hunter K, Hertzberg J, Stenmark KR, Tan W. Stiffening-induced high pulsatility flow activates endothelial inflammation via a TLR2/NF-?B pathway. PLoS One. 2014;9(7):e102195. PubMed PMID: 25029271
  • El Kasmi KC, Pugliese SC, Riddle SR, Poth JM, Anderson AL, Frid MG, Li M, Pullamsetti SS, Savai R, Nagel MA, Fini MA, Graham BB, Tuder RM, Friedman JE, Eltzschig HK, Sokol RJ, Stenmark KR. Adventitial fibroblasts induce a distinct proinflammatory/profibrotic macrophage phenotype in pulmonary hypertension. J Immunol. 2014 Jul 15;193(2):597-609. PubMed PMID: 24928992
  • Fini MA, Wright RM, Stenmark KR, Daniels SR, Johnson RJ. Is uric acid an underdiagnosed mediator of adverse outcome in metabolically healthy overweight/obese individuals?. Am J Med. 2014 Jun;127(6):e21. PubMed PMID: 24856327
  • Miyamoto SD, Stauffer BL, Polk J, Medway A, Friedrich M, Haubold K, Peterson V, Nunley K, Nelson P, Sobus R, Stenmark KR, Sucharov CC. Gene expression and ß-adrenergic signaling are altered in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2014 Aug;33(8):785-93. PubMed PMID: 24793904
  • Colvin KL, Dufva MJ, Delaney RP, Ivy DD, Stenmark KR, Yeager ME. Biomarkers for pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension - a call to collaborate. Front Pediatr. 2014;2:7. PubMed PMID: 24551834
  • Nijmeh H, Balasubramaniam V, Burns N, Ahmad A, Stenmark KR, Gerasimovskaya EV. High proliferative potential endothelial colony-forming cells contribute to hypoxia-induced pulmonary artery vasa vasorum neovascularization. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2014 Apr 1;306(7):L661-71. PubMed PMID: 24508729
  • Wojciak-Stothard B, Abdul-Salam VB, Lao KH, Tsang H, Irwin DC, Lisk C, Loomis Z, Stenmark KR, Edwards JC, Yuspa SH, Howard LS, Edwards RJ, Rhodes CJ, Gibbs JS, Wharton J, Zhao L, Wilkins MR. Aberrant chloride intracellular channel 4 expression contributes to endothelial dysfunction in pulmonary arterial hypertension. Circulation. 2014 Apr 29;129(17):1770-80. PubMed PMID: 24503951
  • Dweik RA, Rounds S, Erzurum SC, Archer S, Fagan K, Hassoun PM, Hill NS, Humbert M, Kawut SM, Krowka M, Michelakis E, Morrell NW, Stenmark K, Tuder RM, Newman J, ATS Committee on Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotypes. An official American Thoracic Society Statement: pulmonary hypertension phenotypes. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Feb 1;189(3):345-55. PubMed PMID: 24484330
  • Williams SM, Golden-Mason L, Ferguson BS, Schuetze KB, Cavasin MA, Demos-Davies K, Yeager ME, Stenmark KR, McKinsey TA. Class I HDACs regulate angiotensin II-dependent cardiac fibrosis via fibroblasts and circulating fibrocytes. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2014 Feb;67:112-25. PubMed PMID: 24374140
  • Wang D, Zhang H, Li M, Frid MG, Flockton AR, McKeon BA, Yeager ME, Fini MA, Morrell NW, Pullamsetti SS, Velegala S, Seeger W, McKinsey TA, Sucharov CC, Stenmark KR. MicroRNA-124 controls the proliferative, migratory, and inflammatory phenotype of pulmonary vascular fibroblasts. Circ Res. 2014 Jan 3;114(1):67-78. PubMed PMID: 24122720
  • Nagel MA, Traktinskiy I, Stenmark KR, Frid MG, Choe A, Gilden D. Varicella-zoster virus vasculopathy: immune characteristics of virus-infected arteries. Neurology. 2013 Jan 1;80(1):62-8. PubMed PMID: 23243076
  • Stenmark KR, Yeager ME, El Kasmi KC, Nozik-Grayck E, Gerasimovskaya EV, Li M, Riddle SR, Frid MG. The adventitia: essential regulator of vascular wall structure and function. Annu Rev Physiol. 2013;75:23-47. PubMed PMID: 23216413
  • Brown RD, Ambler SK, Li M, Sullivan TM, Henry LN, Crossno JT Jr, Long CS, Garrington TP, Stenmark KR. MAP kinase kinase kinase-2 (MEKK2) regulates hypertrophic remodeling of the right ventricle in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Jan 15;304(2):H269-81. PubMed PMID: 23125215
  • Scott D, Tan Y, Shandas R, Stenmark KR, Tan W. High pulsatility flow stimulates smooth muscle cell hypertrophy and contractile protein expression. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2013 Jan 1;304(1):L70-81. PubMed PMID: 23087017
  • Colvin KL, Cripe PJ, Ivy DD, Stenmark KR, Yeager ME. Bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue in pulmonary hypertension produces pathologic autoantibodies. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov 1;188(9):1126-36. PubMed PMID: 24093638
  • Fini MA, Johnson RJ, Stenmark KR, Wright RM. Hypertension, nitrate-nitrite, and xanthine oxidoreductase catalyzed nitric oxide generation: pros and cons. Hypertension. 2013 Sep;62(3):e9. PubMed PMID: 23897071
  • Zhao L, Chen CN, Hajji N, Oliver E, Cotroneo E, Wharton J, Wilkins MR, Wang D, Li M, Stenmark KR, McKinsey TA, Buttrick P. Response to letter regarding article, “histone deacetylation inhibition in pulmonary hypertension: therapeutic potential of valproic acid and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid”. Circulation. 2013 Apr 9;127(14):e540. PubMed PMID: 23691553
  • Li M, Tan Y, Stenmark KR, Tan W. High Pulsatility Flow Induces Acute Endothelial Inflammation through Overpolarizing Cells to Activate NF-?B. Cardiovasc Eng Technol. 2013 Mar;4(1):26-38. PubMed PMID: 23667401
  • Adatia I, Haworth SG, Wegner M, Barst RJ, Ivy D, Stenmark KR, Karkowsky A, Rosenzweig E, Aguilar C. Clinical trials in neonates and children: Report of the pulmonary hypertension academic research consortium pediatric advisory committee. Pulm Circ. 2013 Jan;3(1):252-66. PubMed PMID: 23662203
  • Bull TM, Stenmark KR. Mechanics and mechanisms of pulmonary hypertension: An introduction to the 55(th) annual Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference. Pulm Circ. 2013 Jan;3(1):127. PubMed PMID: 23662188
  • Umapathy SN, Kaczmarek E, Fatteh N, Burns N, Lucas R, Stenmark KR, Verin AD, Gerasimovskaya EV. Adenosine A1 receptors promote vasa vasorum endothelial cell barrier integrity via Gi and Akt-dependent actin cytoskeleton remodeling. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e59733. PubMed PMID: 23613714
  • Nagel MA, Traktinskiy I, Stenmark KR, Frid MG, Choe A, Gilden D. Varicella-zoster virus vasculopathy: immune characteristics of virus-infected arteries. Neurology. 2013 Jan 1;80(1):62-8. PubMed PMID: 23243076
  • Brown RD, Ambler SK, Li M, Sullivan TM, Henry LN, Crossno JT Jr, Long CS, Garrington TP, Stenmark KR. MAP kinase kinase kinase-2 (MEKK2) regulates hypertrophic remodeling of the right ventricle in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Jan 15;304(2):H269-81. PubMed PMID: 23125215
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  • Tuder RM, Archer SL, Dorfmüller P, Erzurum SC, Guignabert C, Michelakis E, Rabinovitch M, Schermuly R, Stenmark KR, Morrell NW. Relevant issues in the pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Dec 24;62(25 Suppl):D4-12. PubMed PMID: 24355640
  • Clambey ET, McNamee EN, Westrich JA, Glover LE, Campbell EL, Jedlicka P, de Zoeten EF, Cambier JC, Stenmark KR, Colgan SP, Eltzschig HK. Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha-dependent induction of FoxP3 drives regulatory T-cell abundance and function during inflammatory hypoxia of the mucosa. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Oct 9;109(41):E2784-93. PubMed PMID: 22988108
  • Yeager ME, Reddy MB, Nguyen CM, Colvin KL, Ivy DD, Stenmark KR. Activation of the unfolded protein response is associated with pulmonary hypertension. Pulm Circ. 2012 Apr-Jun;2(2):229-40. PubMed PMID: 22837864
  • Reusser M, Hunter KS, Lammers SR, Stenmark KR. Validation of a pressure diameter method for determining modulus and strain of collagen engagement for long branches of bovine pulmonary arteries. J Biomech Eng. 2012 May;134(5):054501. PubMed PMID: 22757496
  • Panzhinskiy E, Zawada WM, Stenmark KR, Das M. Hypoxia induces unique proliferative response in adventitial fibroblasts by activating PDGFß receptor-JNK1 signalling. Cardiovasc Res. 2012 Aug 1;95(3):356-65. PubMed PMID: 22735370
  • Buehler PW, Baek JH, Lisk C, Connor I, Sullivan T, Kominsky D, Majka S, Stenmark KR, Nozik-Grayck E, Bonaventura J, Irwin DC. Free hemoglobin induction of pulmonary vascular disease: evidence for an inflammatory mechanism. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012 Aug 15;303(4):L312-26. PubMed PMID: 22728465
  • Zhao L, Chen CN, Hajji N, Oliver E, Cotroneo E, Wharton J, Wang D, Li M, McKinsey TA, Stenmark KR, Wilkins MR. Histone deacetylation inhibition in pulmonary hypertension: therapeutic potential of valproic acid and suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid. Circulation. 2012 Jul 24;126(4):455-67. PubMed PMID: 22711276
  • Yeager ME, Colvin KL, Everett AD, Stenmark KR, Ivy DD. Plasma proteomics of differential outcome to long-term therapy in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. Proteomics Clin Appl. 2012 Jun;6(5-6):257-67. PubMed PMID: 22653875
  • Anwar A, Li M, Frid MG, Kumar B, Gerasimovskaya EV, Riddle SR, McKeon BA, Thukaram R, Meyrick BO, Fini MA, Stenmark KR. Osteopontin is an endogenous modulator of the constitutively activated phenotype of pulmonary adventitial fibroblasts in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2012 Jul 1;303(1):L1-L11. PubMed PMID: 22582113
  • Stenmark KR, Frid MG, Yeager M, Li M, Riddle S, McKinsey T, El Kasmi KC. Targeting the adventitial microenvironment in pulmonary hypertension: A potential approach to therapy that considers epigenetic change. Pulm Circ. 2012 Jan-Mar;2(1):3-14. PubMed PMID: 22558514
  • Cavasin MA, Demos-Davies K, Horn TR, Walker LA, Lemon DD, Birdsey N, Weiser-Evans MC, Harral J, Irwin DC, Anwar A, Yeager ME, Li M, Watson PA, Nemenoff RA, Buttrick PM, Stenmark KR, McKinsey TA. Selective class I histone deacetylase inhibition suppresses hypoxia-induced cardiopulmonary remodeling through an antiproliferative mechanism. Circ Res. 2012 Mar 2;110(5):739-48. PubMed PMID: 22282194
  • Tian L, Lammers SR, Kao PH, Albietz JA, Stenmark KR, Qi HJ, Shandas R, Hunter KS. Impact of residual stretch and remodeling on collagen engagement in healthy and pulmonary hypertensive calf pulmonary arteries at physiological pressures. Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 Jul;40(7):1419-33. PubMed PMID: 22237861
  • Lammers S, Scott D, Hunter K, Tan W, Shandas R, Stenmark KR. Mechanics and Function of the Pulmonary Vasculature: Implications for Pulmonary Vascular Disease and Right Ventricular Function. Compr Physiol. 2012 Jan 1;2(1):295-319. PubMed PMID: 23487595
  • Yeager ME, Nguyen CM, Belchenko DD, Colvin KL, Takatsuki S, Ivy DD, Stenmark KR. Circulating myeloid-derived suppressor cells are increased and activated in pulmonary hypertension. Chest. 2012 Apr;141(4):944-52. PubMed PMID: 21940769
  • Carpenter TC, Schroeder W, Stenmark KR, Schmidt EP. Eph-A2 promotes permeability and inflammatory responses to bleomycin-induced lung injury. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Jan;46(1):40-7. PubMed PMID: 21799118
  • Yeager ME, Belchenko DD, Nguyen CM, Colvin KL, Ivy DD, Stenmark KR. Endothelin-1, the unfolded protein response, and persistent inflammation: role of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2012 Jan;46(1):14-22. PubMed PMID: 21778413
  • Yeager ME, Nguyen CM, Belchenko DD, Colvin KL, Takatsuki S, Ivy DD, Stenmark KR. Circulating fibrocytes are increased in children and young adults with pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2012 Jan;39(1):104-11. PubMed PMID: 21700605
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Professional Memberships

  • American Heart Association Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative and Critical Care, Inaugural Fellow
  • American Thoracic Society (ATS), Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation
  • Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Pediatrics, Board Certification
  • Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Board Certification
Conditions & Treatments
  • Child and Teen Health
  • Critical Care
  • Lungs and Breathing
Clinical Interests
I am interested in Pulmonary Hypertension, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Head Injury.

General Information

Medical Schools:
  • MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine (1977)
Residency Programs:
  • University of Colorado, Pediatrics (1981)
Fellowships:
  • University of Colorado, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine (1984)
Languages: English
Department: Pediatrics-Critical Care Medicine
Contact Us
CU Anschutz
Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place
Campus Box C290
Aurora, CO 80045

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