Contractile responses to human urotensin-II in rat and human pulmonary arteries: Effect of endothelial factors and chronic hypoxia in the rat

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 201-204

  MacLean, M R ^a   Alexander, D ^a   Stirrat, A ^a   Gallagher, M ^a   Douglas, S A ^b   Ohlstein, E H ^b   Morecroft, I ^a   Polland, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Human urotensin II; Nitric oxide; Pulmonary arteries; Pulmonary hypertension; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UROTENSIN II;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UROTENSINS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0013023197     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703314     Document Type: Article

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