Human urotensin-II, the most potent mammalian vasoconstrictor identified To date, as a therapeutic target for the management of cardiovascular disease

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 229-237

  Douglas, Stephen A ^a   Ohlstein, Eliot H ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SPASMOGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROTENSIN II; UROTENSIN II RECEPTOR; UROTENSIN II RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ATHEROMA; BLOOD VESSEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DOG; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATED ARTERY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; REVIEW; SHOCK; SWINE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UROTENSINS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 0034466374     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1050-1738(00)00069-4     Document Type: Review

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