Peroxynitrite has potent pulmonary vasodilator activity in the rat

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 485-500

  Casey, David B ^a   Pankey, Edward A ^a   Badejo, Adeleke M ^a   Bueno, Franklin R ^a   Bhartiya, Manish ^a   Murthy, Subramanyam N ^a   Uppu, Rao M ^c   Nossaman, Bobby D ^a,b   Kadowitz, Philip J ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DEA NO; Glyceryl trinitrate; Hypoxia; L penicillamine; ODQ; Oxidant stress; Peroxynitrite; Pulmonary vasodilator responses; S nitrosoglutathione; SIN 1; Sodium nitroprusside; Systemic circulation

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ETAMSYLATE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LINSIDOMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PENICILLAMINE; PEROXYNITRITE; S NITROSOGLUTATHIONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESPONSE; HEART OUTPUT; HYPOXIA; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MOLSIDOMINE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXADIAZOLES; PENICILLAMINE; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84859154484     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y2012-012     Document Type: Article

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