The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
Those metabolic reactions involved in the biosynthesis of prostacyclin, also known as prostaglandin I2. Prostacyclin and thromboxane play essential roles in cardiovascular system homeostasis.