Investigation of the contributions of nitric oxide and prostaglandins to the actions of endothelins and sarafotoxin 6c in rat isolated perfused lungs

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1931-1938

  Lal, H ^a   Woodward, B ^a   Williams, K I ^a  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoconstriction; ETs and SX6C; Nitric oxide; Prostanoids; Pulmonary vasoconstriction vasodilatation; Rat lung

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; BOSENTAN; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SARAFOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUNG INFLATION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; LUNG WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029786941     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.1996.tb15627.x     Document Type: Article

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