Regulation of Ca2+ sensitization by PKC and rho proteins in ovine cerebral arteries: Effects of artery size and age

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 3 44-3, 1998, Pages

  Akopov, Sergey E ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^a   Pearce, William J ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitivity; G proteins; Maturation; rho p21; Serotonin; Sheep

Indexed keywords

1 (5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL) 2 METHYLPIPERAZINE; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; CALPHOSTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); INDOLACTAM V; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN P21; SEROTONIN; CALCIUM; ENZYME INHIBITOR; ESCIN; EXOTOXIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; AGING; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

1-(5-ISOQUINOLINESULFONYL)-2-METHYLPIPERAZINE; AGING; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCIN; EXOTOXINS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SEROTONIN; SHEEP;

EID: 0032158665     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.3.h930     Document Type: Article

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