Objective To investigate the effect of early treatment with hepatocyte growth factor(HGF)on the cytokine expression and pulmonary artery,right ventricular(RV)remodeling in the rat model of pulmonary artery hypertension(PAH).Methods The rat model of PAH was produced by injecting monocrotaline,and the model rats were randomly divided into empty adenovirus transfection group(MCT group,n=10)and HGF gene transfection group(HGF group,n=10).Another group of rats served as the Sham operation group(Sham group n=10).After 4 weeks of HGF gene transfection,the histological sections of the lungs and right ventricular(RV) Objective To investigate the effect of early treatment with hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on the cytokine expression and pulmonary artery, right ventricular (RV) remodeling in the rat model of pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). Methods The rat model of PAH was produced by injecting monocrotaline, and the model rats were randomly divided into empty adenovirus transfection group (MCT group, n = 10) and HGF gene transfection group (HGF group, n = 10) .Another group of rats served as the Sham operation group n = 10). After 4 weeks of HGF gene transfection, the histological sections of the lungs and right ventricular (RV)