Neonatal Hyperoxia and Pulmonary Hypertension

Abstract

ABBREVIATIONS: ACh: Acetylcholine; ALK: Activin-like Kinase; BMP: Bone Morphogenetic
Protein; BMPR2: BMP Receptor type II; BPD: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; cGMP: Cyclic
Guanosine Monophosphate; ETA-R: Endothelin Receptor type A; ETB-R: Endothelin Receptor
type B; LRP: Low-density lipoprotein Receptor-related Protein; MYPT1: Myosin-associated
Phosphatase Type I; NO: Nitric Oxide; PASMC: Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cell; PDE:
Phosphodiesterase; PH: Pulmonary Hypertension; PPHN: Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension
of the Newborn; RVH: Right Ventricular Hypertrophy; sGC: Soluble Guanylate Cyclase;
TGF-β: Transforming Growth Factor-β; WISP: Wnt-induced Secreted Protein.