Below is a synopsis of “A proteomic approach to altered innate and adaptive immunity in the pathogenesis of PAH”, a talk by Marlene Rabinovitch (MD, Stanford) given at the Vera Moulton Wall Center for Pulmonary Vascular Disease (video below). It is one of my favorite talks so far in this series of lectures… Hypothesis: there is an abnormal immune response (both innate and adaptive) affecting pulmonary arteries that is common in all forms of PAH Altered adaptive immunity in PAH pathogenesis What if antigens produced in lung are the site for autoantibody formation and immune complex deposition directly in the lung