ACE2, a promising therapeutic target for pulmonary hypertension

Current Opinion in Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-155

  Shenoy, Vinayak ^a   Qi, Yanfei ^a   Katovich, Michael J ^a   Raizada, Mohan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; INTERLEUKIN 10; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 79954416675     PISSN: 14714892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coph.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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