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Pulmonary hypertensive mice exhibited increased muscularization and perturbed matrix structures in vessel walls of small pulmonary arteries. Hypoxia exposure led to increased collagen cross-linking, by dihydroxylysinonorleucine and hydroxylysinonorleucine cross-links. Administration of the lysyl oxidase inhibitor \u03b2-aminopropionitrile attenuated the effect of hypoxia, limiting perturbations to right ventricular systolic pressure, right ventricular hypertrophy, and vessel muscularization and normalizing collagen cross-linking and vessel matrix architecture.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions\u2014<\/jats:title><jats:p>Lysyl oxidases are dysregulated in clinical and experimental PH. Lysyl oxidases play a causal role in experimental PH and represent a candidate therapeutic target. 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