Lipid second messengers derived from glycerolipids and sphingolipids, and their role in smooth muscle function

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 533-548

  Ohanian, Jacqueline ^a   Liu, G ^a,b   Ohanian, V ^a   Heagerty, A M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ceramide; Diacylglycerol; Glycerophospholipid; Lipid second messenger; Signal transduction; Sphingolipid; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CERAMIDE; GLYCEROLIPID; GLYCEROPHOSPHOLIPID; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE; LIPID; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOMYELIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROLYSIS; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0032445275     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-201X.1998.tb10703.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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