The inflammatory response of pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells to bacterial endotoxin is sensitive to endothelin receptor antagonism

D. Jungck, M. Feldmann, C. Wahl, S. Koehler-Bachmann, C. Schindewolf, E. Stoelben, J. Behr, J. Knobloch, A. Koch (Bochum, Koeln, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Phenotypes and mechanisms of treatment of asthma
Session: Phenotypes and mechanisms of treatment of asthma
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 1954
Disease area: Airway diseases

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D. Jungck, M. Feldmann, C. Wahl, S. Koehler-Bachmann, C. Schindewolf, E. Stoelben, J. Behr, J. Knobloch, A. Koch (Bochum, Koeln, Germany). The inflammatory response of pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells to bacterial endotoxin is sensitive to endothelin receptor antagonism. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, 1954

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