Epigenetic regulation of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn rat

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2227-2235

  Xu, Xue Feng ^a   Ma, Xiao Lu ^a   Shen, Zheng ^a   Wu, Xi Ling ^a   Cheng, Fen ^a   Du, Li Zhong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

endothelial nitric oxide synthase; endothelium; epigenetics; persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GENOMIC DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SELECTION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 77958450790     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0b013e32833e08f1     Document Type: Article

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