Arginase impairs hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in murine endotoxemia
Abstract Background Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) optimizes the match between ventilation and perfusion in the lung by reducing blood flow to poorly ventilated regions. Sepsis and endotoxemia impair HPV. We previously showed that nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) is required, but not suffici...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
BMC
2019-06-01
|
Series: | Respiratory Research |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-019-1062-6 |