Synergistic actions of insulin and troglitazone on contractility in endothelium-denuded rat aortic rings

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 275, Issue 5 38-5, 1998, Pages

  Goud, Cretan ^a   Pitt, Bertram ^a   Webb, R Clinton ^a   Richey, Joyce M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium channels; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; INSULIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; TROGLITAZONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; HORMONE ACTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR RING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0031760308     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.275.5.e882     Document Type: Article

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