Table 1.

Overview of studies in human CDH

Our group	Others
Increased expression of ETA and ETB (protein level)	- Increased ET-1 (plasma levels and protein level) -[43]
Increased expression of ECE-1 (protein level)	- Increased ET-1 (plasma levels) [9]
	- Increased expression of ETA and ETB (RNA and protein level) [6]
No differences in eNOS expression [16]	- Increased expression of eNOS in arteriolar endothelium and alveolar epithelium (protein level) [17]
	- No differences in eNOS expression (protein level) [19]
	- Decreased expression of eNOS (protein and RNA level) [14]
Decreased expression of Ptgir (protein level)	- No information about prostaglandin I2