Increased pulmonary prostacyclin synthesis in rats with chronic hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 171-177

  Blumberg, Friedrich C ^a   Lorenz, Cornelia ^a   Wolf, Konrad ^a   Sandner, Peter ^a   Riegger, Günter A J ^a   Pfeifer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial factors; Endothelins; Hypoxia anoxia; Prostaglandins; Pulmonary circulation

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; DARUSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PROSTACYCLIN SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

6-KETOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIN-1; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PHENYLPROPIONATES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PYRIMIDINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SYSTOLE; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 0036276142     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(02)00318-8     Document Type: Article

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