Antenatal dexamethasone enhances endothelin-1 synthesis and gene expression in the heart in congenital diaphragmatic hernia in rats

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1563-1567

  Guarino, Nino ^a   Puri, Prem ^a  

^a OUR LADY S CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; ET 1; ETA; Hypoplasia; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONGENITAL DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART WEIGHT; HYPOPLASIA; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0036829048     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.36185     Document Type: Article

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