Perinatal changes in pulmonary vascular endothelial function

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 78-91

  Wojciak Stothard, Beata ^b   Haworth, Sheila G ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Development; Endothelium; Fetal; Lung; Neonatal; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; FASUDIL; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FETUS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION;

EID: 28444488311     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2005.06.016     Document Type: Review

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