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In the present study, we aimed to examine whether ROCK2 in VSMC is involved in the pathogenesis of PAH.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Approach and Results\u2014<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              In patients with PAH, the expression of ROCK2 was increased in pulmonary arterial media and primary pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells when compared with controls. To investigate the role of ROCK2 in VSMC, we generated VSMC-specific heterozygous ROCK2-deficient (ROCK2\n              <jats:sup>+\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              ) mice and VSMC-specific ROCK2-overexpressing transgenic (ROCK2-Tg) mice. The extent of hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension was reduced in ROCK2\n              <jats:sup>+\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              mice and was enhanced in ROCK2-Tg mice compared with respective littermates. The protein expression of ROCK activity and phosphorylated extracellular signal\u2013regulated kinase and the number of Ki67-positive proliferating cells in the lung were reduced in ROCK2\n              <jats:sup>+\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              mice and were increased in ROCK2-Tg mice compared with respective littermates. In cultured mouse aortic VSMC, migration and proliferation activities were reduced in ROCK2\n              <jats:sup>+\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              mice, and migration activity was increased in ROCK2-Tg mice compared with respective littermates. 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