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Thromboxane promotes smooth muscle phenotype commitment but not remodeling of hypoxic neonatal pulmonary artery.

Fabiana PostolowJena FediukNora NoletteMartha HintonShyamala Dakshinamurti
Published in: Fibrogenesis & tissue repair (2015)
We conclude that thromboxane does not initiate phenotypic dedifferentiation and proliferative activation in PPHN PA. Exposure to thromboxane triggers cell cycle exit and myocyte commitment to contractile phenotype.
Keyphrases
  • smooth muscle
  • cell cycle
  • pulmonary artery
  • coronary artery
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary arterial hypertension
  • cell proliferation
  • skeletal muscle