Regulation of vascular tone by UTP and UDP in isolated rat intrapulmonary arteries

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 370, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-143

  Rubino, Annalisa ^a   Ziabary, Laila ^a   Burnstock, Geoffrey ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pulmonary artery, rat; UDP; UTP; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033045369     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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