Apoptosis of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell growth

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Sakao, Seiichiro ^a   Taraseviciene Stewart, Laimute ^a   Wood, Kathy ^a   Cool, Carlyne D ^a   Voelkel, Norbert F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Blockade; Pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells; Shear stress; Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; SEMAXANIB; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; MICROVASCULATURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SHEAR STRESS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33748431371     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00111.2005     Document Type: Article

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