Hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF/FIZZ1/RELMα) in chronic hypoxia- and antigen-mediated pulmonary vascular remodeling

Respiratory Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Angelini, Daniel J ^a   Su, Qingning ^a   Yamaji Kegan, Kazuyo ^a   Fan, Chunling ^a   Skinner, John T ^a   Poloczek, Andre ^a   El Haddad, Hazim ^a   Cheadle, Chris ^a   Johns, Roger A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic hypoxia; Hypoxia induced mitogenic factor (HIMF); Pulmonary hypertension; Th2 mediated inflammation; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; HYPOXIA INDUCED MITOGENIC FACTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; OVALBUMIN; RETNLA PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

AIRWAY REMODELING; ALLERGY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENOMICS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASPERGILLUS; C57BL MOUSE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TH2 CELL;

HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ANTIGENS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ASPERGILLUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYPERTROPHY, RIGHT VENTRICULAR; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVALBUMIN; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY ARTERY; TH2 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871775803     PISSN: 14659921     EISSN: 1465993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1465-9921-14-1     Document Type: Article

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