Blunted hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstrictive response in the rodent Ochotona curzoniae (pika) at high altitude

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Ge, Ri Li ^a   Kubo, K ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Sekiguchi, M ^a   Honda, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arterial blood gases; Hypoxia; Mast cell tryptase; Pulmonary arteriole; Smooth muscle cell; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIPHOSPHOGLYCERIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRYPTASE;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RODENT;

EID: 0031861160     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.5.h1792     Document Type: Article

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