Gap junction-dependent increases in smooth muscle cAMP underpin the EDHF phenomenon in rabbit arteries

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 283, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 583-589

  Taylor, Hannah J ^a   Chaytor, Andrew T ^a   Edwards, David H ^a   Griffith, Tudor M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclic AMP; Cyclopiazonic acid; Endothelium derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF); Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids; Gap junctions

Indexed keywords

18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; APAMIN; CALCIUM; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLOPIAZONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAP JUNCTION; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0034805810     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4791     Document Type: Article

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