"Pulmonary Veins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
| Descriptor ID |
D011667
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.908.713
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| Concept/Terms |
Pulmonary Veins- Pulmonary Veins
- Veins, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Vein
- Vein, Pulmonary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pulmonary Veins" by people in Profiles.
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Prolonged hypoxia modulates platelet activating factor receptor-mediated responses by fetal ovine pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cells. Mol Genet Metab. 2010 Dec; 101(4):400-8.
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Platelet-activating factor stimulates ovine foetal pulmonary vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation: role of nuclear factor-kappa B and cyclin-dependent kinases. Cell Prolif. 2008 Apr; 41(2):208-29.
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Platelet-activating factor induces ovine fetal pulmonary venous smooth muscle cell proliferation: role of epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2007 Jun; 292(6):H2773-81.
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Leukotriene metabolism by intrapulmonary vessels of newborn lambs: effect of platelet-activating factor. Exp Lung Res. 2001 Jun; 27(4):331-48.
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Phosphodiesterase activity in intrapulmonary arteries and veins of perinatal lambs. Mol Genet Metab. 1998 Nov; 65(3):229-37.
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Leukotriene synthesis by isolated perinatal ovine intrapulmonary vessels correlates with age-related changes in 5-lipoxygenase protein. Biochem Mol Med. 1997 Jun; 61(1):63-71.
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Prostaglandins E2 and I2 cause greater relaxations in pulmonary veins than in arteries of newborn lambs. J Appl Physiol (1985). 1996 Dec; 81(6):2534-9.
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Heterogeneity in prostacyclin and thromboxane synthesis in ovine pulmonary vascular tree: effect of age and oxygen tension. Exp Lung Res. 1996 May-Jun; 22(3):351-74.
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In vitro responses of ovine intrapulmonary arteries and veins to endothelin-1. Am J Physiol. 1992 Jul; 263(1 Pt 1):L15-21.