Maintained upregulation of pulmonary eNOS gene and protein expression during recovery from chronic hypoxia

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 45-2, 1999, Pages

  Resta, Thomas C ^a   Chicoine, Louis G ^a   Omdahl, John L ^a   Walker, Benjimen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Pulmonary hypertension; Quantitative immunohistochemistry; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; IONOMYCIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0032988309     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1999.276.2.h699     Document Type: Article

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