Mechanisms of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and their roles in pulmonary hypertension: new findings for an old problem

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-296

  Ward, Jeremy PT ^a   McMurtry, Ivan F ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHO KINASE; RYANODINE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CALCIUM; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 66049112085     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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