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Glc-6-PD and PKG contribute to hypoxia-induced decrease in smooth muscle cell contractile phenotype proteins in pulmonary artery.
American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology - 1 Jul 2012
Chettimada Sukrutha, Rawat Dhwajbahadur K, Dey Nupur, Kobelja Robert, Simms Zachary, Wolin Michael S, Lincoln Thomas M, Gupte Sachin A
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Persistent hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) plays a significant role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension, which is an emerging clinical problem around the world. We recently showed that hypoxia-induced activation of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Glc-6-PD) in pulmonary artery smooth muscle links metabolic changes within smooth muscle cells to HPV and that inhibition of Glc-6PD reduces acute...
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