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In experimental models of pulmonary hypertension, endothelial cell (EC) apoptosis is a necessary trigger for the development of obliterative lung arteriopathy, inducing the emergence of hyperproliferative and apoptosis-resistant vascular cells. However, it has not been established whether EC apoptosis is sufficient for the induction of complex lung arteriolar lesions. We generated a conditional transgenic system in mice to test the hypothesis that lung endothelial cell apoptosis is sufficient to induce a PAH phenotype. The Fas-induced apoptosis (FIA) construct was expressed under the control of endothelial-specific Tie2 promoter (i.e., EFIA mice), and administration of a small molecule dimerizing agent, AP20187, resulted in modest pulmonary hypertension, which was associated with obliterative vascular lesions localized to distal lung arterioles in a proportion of transgenic mice. These lesions were characterized by proliferating cells, predominantly CD68 macrophages. Although endothelial cell apoptosis was also seen in the kidney, evidence of subsequent arteriopathy was seen only in the lung. 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