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...

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Main Authors: Bodil Petersen, Cornelius J. Busch, Grigorij Schleifer, Dominik Schaack, Felix Lasitschka, Kenneth D. Bloch, Donald B. Bloch, Fumito Ichinose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Respiratory Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-019-1062-6