NO increases permeability of cultured human cervical epithelia by cGMP- mediated increase in G-actin

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 278, Issue 5 47-5, 2000, Pages

  Gorodeski, George I ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical mucus; Cytoskeleton; Nitric oxide; Nitric oxide synthase; Paracellular permeability; Transepithelial transport

Indexed keywords

6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; ACTIN; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; FURA 2; G ACTIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; KT 5823; MESSENGER RNA; N (ETHOXYCARBONYL) 3 (4 MORPHOLINYL)SYDNONIMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MUCUS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0034116554     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.2000.278.5.c942     Document Type: Article

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