Urokinase-derived peptides regulate vascular smooth muscle contraction in vitro and in vivo

FASEB Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1411-1422

  Haj Yehia, Abdullah ^a   Nassar, Taker ^a   Sachais, Bruce S ^b   Kuo, Alice ^b   Bdeir, Khalil ^b   Al Mehdi, Abu Bakr ^b   Mazar, Andrew ^c,d   Cines, Douglas B ^b   Al Roof Higazi, Abd ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Angstrom Pharmaceuticals   (United States)

^d Attenuon LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracellular calcium; Rat aorta; Smooth muscle cell; Vascular contractility

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PLASMIN; UROKINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033939472     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.14.10.1411     Document Type: Article

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