Hemnes, Anna R

PDE5A inhibition attenuates bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension through inhibition of ROS generation and RhoA/Rho kinase activation. [electronic resource] - American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology Jan 2008 - L24-33 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1040-0605

10.1152/ajplung.00245.2007 doi


Animals
Bleomycin--adverse effects
Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 5
Enzyme Activation
Hypertension, Pulmonary--pathology
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Phosphodiesterase 5 Inhibitors
Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors--therapeutic use
Piperazines--therapeutic use
Pulmonary Fibrosis--chemically induced
Purines--therapeutic use
Reactive Oxygen Species--metabolism
Sildenafil Citrate
Sulfones--therapeutic use
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right--chemically induced
rho-Associated Kinases--metabolism
rhoA GTP-Binding Protein--metabolism