The role of endogenous carbon monoxide in the hypoxic vascular remodeling of rat model of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension

Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology - Medical Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Zhen, Guohua ^a   Zhang, Zhenxiang ^a   Xu, Yongjian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Heme oxygenase; Hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE; HYPOXIA; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VASCULAR REMODELLING;

BLOOD; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARDIOLOGY; CATHETERS; GENES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PULMONARY DISEASES; TISSUE CULTURE;

ENZYMES;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HEME OXYGENASE-1; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 3142552782     PISSN: 0257716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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