Diaphragm Atrophy and Contractile Dysfunction in a Murine Model of Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) causes loss of body weight and inspiratory (diaphragm) muscle dysfunction. A model of PH induced by drug (monocrotaline, MCT) has been extensively used in mice to examine the etiology of PH. However, it is unclear if PH induced by MCT in mice reproduces the loss of body w...

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Autores principales: Ahn, Bumsoo, Empinado, Hyacinth M., Al-Rajhi, Monsour, Judge, Andrew R., Ferreira, Leonardo F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062702

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3632558/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23614054
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0062702

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