Effects of chronic hypoxia and altered hemodynamics on endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression in the adult rat lung

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 795-801

  Le Cras, Timothy D ^a   Tyler, Robert C ^b   Horan, Marilee P ^a   Morris, Ken G ^b   Tuder, Rubin M ^a   McMurtry, Ivan F ^b   Johns, Roger A ^c   Abman, Steven H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular resistance; Shear stress; Vasoreactivity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICROSPHERE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; SCANDIUM 46;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0032519922     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI786     Document Type: Article

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