Rho kinase modulates postnatal adaptation of the pulmonary circulation through separate effects on pulmonary artery endothelial and smooth muscle cells

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Alvira, Cristina M ^a   Sukovich, David J ^b   Lyu, Shu Chen ^a   Cornfield, David N ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; RHO KINASE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HYPOXIA; LAMB; LUNG CIRCULATION; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FETUS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SHEEP;

EID: 78649839531     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00199.2010     Document Type: Article

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