Increased reactivity to endothelin of pulmonary arteries in long-term post-obstructive pulmonary vasculopathy in rats

Pulmonary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 189-196

  Shi, W ^b   Giaid, A ^b   Hu, F ^b   Michel, R P ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchial artery; Endothelin; Lung explant; Pulmonary arteries; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 3; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR;

AIRWAY; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY MEDIA; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BRONCHIAL ARTERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY VEIN; RAT; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VEIN DIAMETER;

EID: 0032056059     PISSN: 10945539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pupt.1998.0136     Document Type: Conference Paper

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