Laboratory of Pulmonary Molecular
Biology and Oxidative Stress

Duke University Medical Center

Reactive Oxygen Species effects on

Bronchial Smooth Muscle Function and Vascular Smooth Muscle Tone

Publications by our Group in chronological order:

Liu, JQ, IN Zelko, EM Erbynn, JSK Sham, and RJ Folz. Hypoxic pulmonary hypertension: Role of superoxide and NADPH oxidases (gp91 phox). Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290:L2-L10, 2006.

Liu JQ, Yang D, and RJ Folz. A novel bronchial ring bioassay for the evaluation of small airway smooth muscle function in mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 2006.

Liu JQ, Erbynn EM, and Folz RJ. Chronic hypoxia-enhanced murine pulmonary vasoconstriction: role of superoxide and gp91phox. Chest 128:594S-596S, 2005.

Liu JQ, IN Zelko and RJ Folz. Reoxygenation-induced constriction in murine coronary arteries: role of endothelial NADPH oxidase (gp91 phox) and intracellular superoxide. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 279:24493-24497, 2004.

Liu JQ and RJ Folz. Extracellular superoxide enhances 5-HT-induced murine pulmonary artery vasoconstriction. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, 287(1):L111-L118, 2004.

Contact me by Email at rodney.folz at duke.edu
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