Simvastatin causes pulmonary artery relaxation by blocking smooth muscle ROCK and calcium channels: Evidence for an endothelium-independent mechanism

• Mais Absi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility level, Manchester, United Kingdom, Cardiovascular Sciences, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom

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• Basma G. Eid,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility level, Manchester, United Kingdom, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

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• Nick Ashton,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility level, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• George Hart,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility level, Manchester, United Kingdom

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• Alison M. Gurney

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Alison.gurney@manchester.ac.uk

  Affiliation Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Core Technology Facility level, Manchester, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-1088

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