Nitro blue tetrazolium inhibits but does not mimic hypoxic vasoconstriction in isolated rabbit lungs

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 18-5, 1998, Pages

  Weissmann, Norbert ^a   Grimminger, Friedrich ^a   Voswinckel, Robert ^a   Conzen, Jörg ^a   Seeger, Werner ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide; Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction; Isolated lung; Pulmonary hypertension; Superoxide

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; AMINOTRIAZOLE; CATALASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RABBIT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031836524     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1998.274.5.l721     Document Type: Article

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