Differential vasoconstrictor activity of human urotensin-II in vascular tissue isolated from the rat, mouse, dog, pig, marmoset and cynomolgus monkey

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1262-1274

  Douglas, Stephen A ^a   Sulpizio, Anthony C ^a   Piercy, Valerie ^a   Sarau, Henry M ^a   Ames, Robert S ^a   Aiyar, Nambi V ^a   Ohlstein, Eliot H ^a   Willette, Robert N ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery; Endothelin 1; Endothelium; GPR14; SENR; Somatostatin; Spasmogen; Urotensin II; Vascular reactivity; Vasoconstriction

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SOMATOSTATIN; SPASMOGEN; UROTENSIN II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; DOG; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SELECTIVITY; MALE; MARMOSET; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SWINE; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0033638718     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0703690     Document Type: Article

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