Anticipated classes of new medications and molecular targets for pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary Circulation

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 226-244

  Morrell, Nicholas W ^a   Archer, Stephen L ^b   DeFelice, Albert ^c   Evans, Steven ^d   Fiszman, Monica ^c   Martin, Thomas ^e   Saulnier, Muriel ^c   Rabinovitch, Marlene ^f   Schermuly, Ralph ^f   Stewart, Duncan ^g   Truebel, Hubert ^h   Walker, Gennyne ⁱ   Stenmark, Kurt R ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation   (United Kingdom)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^h BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

ⁱ GILEAD SCIENCES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cellular mechanisms; Epigenetics; Genetics; Inflammation; Metabolism; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Tyrosine kinase inhibition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888808512     PISSN: 20458932     EISSN: 20458940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2045-8932.109940     Document Type: Article

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