Alleviation of hypoxic pulmonary vascular structural remodeling by L-arginine

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 933-936

  Qi, Jianguang ^a   Du, Junbao ^a   Wang, Li ^b   Zhao, Bin ^c   Tang, Chaoshu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^c Jishuitan Orthopaedic College of Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Hypoxia; L arginine; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ENDOTHELIN 1; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HYPOXIA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARGININE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034807792     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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