Gene transfer of endothelial nitric oxide synthase to the lung of the mouse in vivo: Effect on agonist-induced and flow-mediated vascular responses

Circulation Research

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1422-1432

  Champion, Hunter C ^a   Bivalacqua, Trinity J ^a   D'Souza, Fiona M ^a   Ortiz, Luis A ^a   Jeter, James R ^a   Toyoda, Kazunori ^b   Heistad, Donald D ^b   Hyman, Albert L ^a   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene transfer; In vivo; Mouse; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary vascular bed

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BLEOMYCIN; BRADYKININ; ENDOTHELIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NORADRENALIN; ZAPRINAST;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0033603293     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.84.12.1422     Document Type: Article

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