ROCK inhibitor Y-27632 attenuates stellate cell contraction and portal pressure increase induced by endothelin-1

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 296-300

  Kawada, Norifumi ^a   Seki, Shuichi ^a   Kuroki, Tetsuo ^a   Kaneda, Kenji ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contraction; Endothelin 1; Rho; ROCK; Stellate cell

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; F ACTIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033590105     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1823     Document Type: Article

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