Pulmonary hypertension and inflammation

RM Tuder, NF Voelkel - Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 1998 - Elsevier
Abbreviations: ACE= angiotensin-converting enzyme; All= angiotensin II; CREST=
calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal involvement, sclerodactyly, and
telangiectasia; ET-1= endothelin-1; 5-LO= 5-1ipoxygenase; FGF= fibroblast growth factor;
FLAP= 5-LO activating protein; IGF-1= insulin-like growth factor; IL-1= interleukin-1; MCT=
monocrotaline; PAF= platelet-activating factor; PDGF: platelet-derived growth factor; PPH=
primary pulmonary hypertension; TF= tissue factor; TGF-~ transforming growth factor-I}; …