Gene polymorphisms and high-altitude pulmonary edema susceptibility: A 2011 update

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 155-162

  Luo, Yongjun ^a   Zou, Yanlong ^a   Gao, Yuqi ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

High altitude pulmonary edema; Polymorphisms; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALTITUDE DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG ENDOTHELIUM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84864881044     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336625     Document Type: Review

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