Pregnancy increases ET-1-induced contraction and changes receptor subtypes in uterine smooth muscle in humans

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 2 41-2, 1997, Pages

  Osada, Kayo ^a   Tsunoda, Hajime ^a   Miyauchi, Takashi ^a   Sugishita, Yasuro ^a   Kubo, Takeshi ^a   Goto, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

endothelin subtype A receptor; endothelin subtype B receptor; pregnant women; uterine contraction

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR AGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; N ACETYLENDOTHELIN 1 [6-21][11,15 ALANINE]; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SCATCHARD PLOT; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADULT; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; UTERINE CONTRACTION; UTERUS;

EID: 0030901299     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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