“Denervation” of autonomous nervous system in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension by low-dose radiation: a case report with an unexpected outcome

Vasointestinal peptide metabolism plays a key physiological role in multimodular levels of vasodilatory, smooth muscle cell proliferative, parenchymal, and inflammatory lung reactions. In animal studies, vasointestinal peptide relaxes isolated pulmonary arterial segments from several mammalian speci...

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Main Authors: Hohenforst-Schmidt, Wolfgang, Zarogoulidis, Paul, Oezkan, Filiz, Mahnkopf, Christian, Grabenbauer, Gerhard, Kreczy, Alfons, Bartunek, Rudolf, Darwiche, Kaid, Freitag, Lutz, Li, Qiang, Huang, Haidong, Vogl, Thomas, LePilvert, Patrick, Tsiouda, Theodora, Tsakiridis, Kosmas, Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos, Brachmann, Johannes
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Dove Medical Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972028/