PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE IS REQUIRED FOR PROLIFERATION AND MIGRATION OF HUMAN PULMONARY VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS Elena A. Goncharova 1 , Alaina J. Ammit 1# , Carla Irani 1 , Richard G. Carroll 2 , Andrew J. Eszterhas 1 , Reynold A. Panettieri 1 , Vera P. Krymskaya 1 1 Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, and 2 Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Running Title: PI3K in human PVSM Author for Correspondence : Vera P. Krymskaya, Ph.D. Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division University of Pennsylvania Room 847 BRB II/III 421 Curie Boulevard Philadelphia, PA 19104-6160, USA Phone: (215) 573-9861 Fax: (215) 573-4469 E-Mail: krymskay@mail.med.upenn.edu Current address: # Respiratory Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia Copyright 2002 by the American Physiological Society. AJP-Lung Articles in PresS. Published on March 8, 2002 as DOI 10.1152/ajplung.00010.2002