Hypoxia inducible factor 2alpha for curing neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and as a target for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension

摘要

The current invention relates to the field of hypoxia-induced disorders and more specifically to the use of hypoxia inducible factor 2alpha as a target in a method for the screening for molecules that can be used for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. The invention further relates to the use of HIF-2alpha and/or of the HIF-2alpha inducible protein VEGF for the treatment of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome.