Oxygen upregulates nitric oxide synthase gene expression in ovine fetal pulmonary artery endothelial cells

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 270, Issue 4 14-4, 1996, Pages

  North, Amy J ^a   Lau, Kim S ^a   Brannon, Timothy S ^a   Wu, Leeju C ^a   Wells, Lieselotte B ^a   German, Zohre ^a   Shaul, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchiolar epithelium; Clara cells; persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLARA CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS CIRCULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LAMB; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 0029872411     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1996.270.4.l643     Document Type: Article

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