Angiotensin II relaxes microvessels via the AT2 receptor and Ca2+-activated K+ (BKCa) channels

Hypertension

Volumn 37, Issue 2 I, 2001, Pages 301-307

  Dimitropoulou, Christiana ^a   White, Richard E ^a   Fuchs, Leslie ^a   Zhang, Hanfang ^a   Catravas, John D ^a   Carrier, Gerald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Angiotensin II; Patch clamp techniques; Potassium channels; Receptors

Indexed keywords

1 (4 DIMETHYLAMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDRO 1H IMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM; LOSARTAN; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CONDUCTANCE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; REPOLARIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0035091037     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.37.2.301     Document Type: Article

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