Strategic plan for lung vascular research: An NHLBI-ORDR Workshop Report.

ABSTRACT: The Division of Lung Diseases of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, with the Office of Rare Diseases Research, held a workshop to identify priority areas and strategic goals to enhance and accelerate research that will result in improved understanding of the lung vasculature, translational research needs, and ultimately the care of patients with pulmonary vascular diseases. Multidisciplinary experts with diverse experience in laboratory, translational, and clinical studies identified seven priority areas and discussed limitations in our current knowledge, technologies, and approaches. The focus for future research efforts include the following: (1) better characterizing vascular genotype-phenotype relationships and incorporating systems biology approaches when appropriate; (2)

SUBMITTER: Erzurum S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3029941 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature