Impact of the mitochondria-targeted antioxidant MitoQ on hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension.
Oleg Pak,
Susan Scheibe,
Azadeh Esfandiary,
Mareike Gierhardt,
Akylbek Sydykov,
Angela Logan,
Athanasios Fysikopoulos,
Florian Veit,
Matthias Hecker,
Florian Kroschel,
Karin Quanz,
Alexandra Erb,
Katharina Schäfer,
Mirja Fassbinder,
Nasim Alebrahimdehkordi,
Hossein A Ghofrani,
Ralph T Schermuly,
Ralf P Brandes,
Werner Seeger,
Michael P Murphy,
Norbert Weissmann,
Natascha Sommer
Jun 18, 2018
Increased mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS), particularly superoxide have been suggested to mediate hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV), chronic hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular...