Sepiapterin improves angiogenesis of pulmonary artery endothelial cells with in utero pulmonary hypertension by recoupling endothelial nitric oxide synthase

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Teng, Ru Jeng ^a   Du, Jianhai ^a   Xu, Hao ^a   Bakhutashvili, Ivane ^a   Eis, Annie ^a   Shi, Yang ^a   Pritchard Jr , Kirkwood A ^a   Konduri, Girija G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; SEPIAPTERIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOPTERIN; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PERSISTENT FETAL CIRCULATION SYNDROME; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PTERINS; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 80052381931     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00316.2010     Document Type: Article

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