Apocynin improves oxygenation and increases eNOS in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn

American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Wedgwood, Stephen ^a   Lakshminrusimha, Satyan ^b   Farrow, Kathryn N ^a   Czech, Lyubov ^a   Gugino, Sylvia F ^b   Soares, Fernando ^b   Russell, James A ^b,c   Steinhorn, Robin H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

NADPH oxidase inhibition; Nitric oxide signaling; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; APOCYNIN; DIHYDROBIOPTERIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FETUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETOPHENONES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOPTERIN; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHODIESTERASES, TYPE 5; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LUNG; NADPH OXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; NOREPINEPHRINE; PULMONARY ARTERY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SHEEP; SUPEROXIDES; TYROSINE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84858203929     PISSN: 10400605     EISSN: 15221504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00064.2011     Document Type: Article

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