Pivotal role for endothelial tetrahydrobiopterin in pulmonary hypertension.

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension is a fatal disease characterized by vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling. Loss of endothelial nitric oxide bioavailability is implicated in pulmonary hypertension pathogenesis. Recent evidence suggests that the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an importan...

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Những tác giả chính: Khoo, J, Zhao, L, Alp, N, Bendall, J, Nicoli, T, Rockett, K, Wilkins, MR, Channon, K
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2005