Table 2.

Overview of studies in experimental rat CDH

Our group	Others
Increased expression of ETA (RNA and protein level) and ETB (RNA level)	- Increased expression of ETA and ETB (RNA and protein level) [7]
Increased expression of ECE-1 (RNA level)	- Increased expression of ET-1 after 1 and 6 h of ventilation (RNA level) [18]
	- Increased response of arterioles to ET-1 [44]
Increased expression of eNOS (RNA and protein level)	- Increased expression of eNOS (RNA and protein level) [15]
	- Increased expression of eNOS after 1 h of ventilation (RNA level) [18]
	- Decreased expression of eNOS (RNA and protein level) [13]
Increased expression of Ptgir (RNA level) and decreased expression of Tbxas1 (RNA level)	- Increased levels of prostaglandin I2 and an increased ratio of prostaglandin I2 and thromboxane (protein level) [34]