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We hypothesized that the PAH metabolome is organized into biologically coherent, co-regulated metabolic modules whose relationships to RV-PV function would provide insight into known and novel metabolic pathways.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We applied weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) to untargeted metabolomic data from 412 PAH patients enrolled in the multicenter PVDOMICS study. Module preservation analysis was performed in 85 healthy controls, with external replication in an independent single-center pulmonary hypertension cohort of 89 patients.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>WGCNA identified 16 distinct metabolic modules organized around biologically coherent programs. A coherent fatty acid axis, spanning substrate pools, \u03b2-oxidation intermediates, and conjugated fatty acid disposal products, formed a central organizing structure, with downstream fatty acid oxidation modules strongly associated with adverse hemodynamics and worse RV-pulmonary artery (PA) coupling. Acylcholine-enriched and 5\u03b1-reduced androgen metabolite modules were associated with favorable hemodynamic indices. Module architecture was largely preserved in healthy controls, with subtle disease-associated modular reorganization, rather than emergence of novel modules, observed in PAH. Core modules were recovered in the replication cohort with conserved hub metabolites.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>These findings establish a systems-level framework demonstrating that PAH involves structured intensification and reorganization of interconnected metabolic programs associated with favorable and adverse RV-PV phenotypes. This work provides new insight into the metabolic architecture underlying PAH and identifies coordinated metabolic pathways linked to pulmonary vascular and right ventricular function.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.64898\/2026.06.16.732773","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,22]],"date-time":"2026-06-22T16:50:17Z","timestamp":1782147017000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Metabolomic Network Analysis Reveals Reorganization of Lipid and Steroid Programs Linked to Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Vascular Function in Pulmonary Hypertension"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-9778-8568","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivor W.","family":"Clinton","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-4847-6876","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Julie C.","family":"Coursen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-5352-9288","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Darin T.","family":"Rosen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2920-0949","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Karthik","family":"Suresh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1854-6672","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aparna","family":"Balasubramanian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0524-7400","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Todd M.","family":"Kolb","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2584-1557","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rachel L.","family":"Damico","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine University of Miami, FL;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3188-7209","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Stephen C.","family":"Mathai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8384-2638","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Steven","family":"Hsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6088-0773","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Monica","family":"Mukherjee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0156-6757","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"J. 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