Endothelin ET(A) receptor antagonist reverses the inhibitory effect of platelet-derived growth factor on cytokine-induced nitric oxide production

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-123

  Hirahashi, Junichi ^a   Nakaki, Toshio ^b   Hishikawa, Keiichi ^b   Marumo, Takeshi ^a   Hayashi, Matsuhiko ^a   Saruta, Takao ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelin ET(A) receptor; Mesangial cells; Nitric oxide (NO); Platelet derived growth factor; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; NITRIC OXIDE; PERHYDRO 1 AZEPINYLCARBONYLLEUCYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHAN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOMERULOPATHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; MESANGIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AZEPINES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; GLOMERULAR MESANGIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PIPERIDINES; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RATS; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033556392     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00849-8     Document Type: Article

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