Divergent contractile and structural responses of the murine PKC-ε null pulmonary circulation to chronic hypoxia

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 6 33-6, 2005, Pages

  Littler, C M ^a   Wehling, C A ^a,b   Wick, M J ^a,b   Fagan, K A ^a   Cool, C D ^a   Messing, R O ^c   Dempsey, E C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial; Inducible and neuronal nitric oxide synthase; Knockout; Mouse; Protein kinase C epsilon; Pulmonary hypertension; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMATOCRIT; HYPOXIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG HEMODYNAMICS; LUNG HOMOGENATE; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEIN KINASE C-EPSILON; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27944436216     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00472.2004     Document Type: Article

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