Role of inducible nitric oxide synthase in regulation of pulmonary vascular tone in the late gestation ovine fetus

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Rairigh, Robyn L ^a,c   Le Cras, Timothy D ^a   Ivy, D Dunbar ^a   Kinsella, John P ^a   Richter, Gresham ^a   Horan, Marilee P ^a   Fan, I Da ^a   Abman, Steven H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung development; Nitric oxide; Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn; Pulmonary circulation; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5,6 DIHYDRO 6 METHYL 4H 1,3 THIAZINE; ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINOGUANIDINE; ETHYLISOTHIOUREA; N(G) NITRO DEXTRO ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; INHIBITION KINETICS; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031984627     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI1228     Document Type: Article

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