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