Levcromakalim causes indirect endothelial hyperpolarization via a myo-endothelial pathway

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1491-1496

  Murai, Takeshi ^a   Muraki, Katsuhiko ^a   Imaizumi, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Minoru ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18 glycyrrhetinic acid; ATP dependent K current; Endothelial cells; Levcromakalim; Myo endothelial communication; Rabbit mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HEPTANOL; LEMAKALIM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0032732253     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702956     Document Type: Article

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