Synthesis of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) by rat arterial endothelial cells

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1073-1079

  Doi, Y ^a   Kudo, H ^a   Nishino, T ^a   Kayashima, K ^a   Kiyonaga, H ^a   Nagata, T ^a   Nara, S ^a   Morita, M ^a   Fujimoto, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene related peptide; Immunocytochemistry; Immunoelectron microscopy; In situ hybridization; Weibel Palade bodies

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC TISSUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORACIC AORTA; WEIBEL PALADE BODY;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIES; CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMORAL ARTERY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0034772036     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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