What may cause differences in vascular remodeling drug effect in monocrotaline and sugen/hypoxia induced pulmonary arterial hypertension rat models?

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Same drug and dosage was tested in MCT and SuHx PAH rat models but exhibited suppression of vascular remodeling in the MCT model only. What may contribute to this difference in results?

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