Variable expression of endothelial no synthase in three forms of rat pulmonary hypertension

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 20-2, 1999, Pages

  Tyler, Robert C ^a,c   Muramatsu, Masashi ^a   Abman, Steven H ^a   Stelzner, Thomas J ^a   Rodman, David M ^a   Bloch, Kenneth D ^b   McMurtry, Ivan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fawn hooded rat; Hypoxia; Monocrotaline; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

MONOCROTALINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATED LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033061796     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.1999.276.2.l297     Document Type: Article

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