Endopeptidase 24.11 Inhibition does not modify uterotonic effects of endothelins in rat uterus

Peptides

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1585-1593

  Kousides, Maria ^a   Story, Margot E ^a   Pennefather, Jocelyn N ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Big endothelin I; BQ 123; BQ 788; Endopeptidase 24.11; Endothelin 1, 2, and 3; Estrogen; Pregnancy; Rat uterus; Sarafotoxin S6b; Sarafotoxin S6c; SCH 39370 Endothelin ET(A) receptors; Uterine stimulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; N (1 CARBOXY 3 PHENYLPROPYL)PHENYLALANYLISOSERINE; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; SARAFOTOXIN S6B; UTEROTONIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; UTERUS;

ANIMALS; DIPEPTIDES; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIN-2; ENDOTHELIN-3; ENDOTHELINS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MUSCLE TONUS; NEPRILYSIN; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PIPERIDINES; PREGNANCY; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; UTERUS; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032431375     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(98)00105-3     Document Type: Article

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