Comparison of the contractile and calcium-increasing properties of platelet-activating factor and endothelin-1 in the rat mesenteric artery and vein

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 433-443

  Claing, Audrey ^a   Shbaklo, Hadia ^a   Plante, Mirco ^a   Bkaily, Ghassan ^a   D'Orléans Juste, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Endothelin; Mesenteric vessels; Platelet activating factor; Tension

Indexed keywords

3 (2 CARBOXYMETHOXY 4 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 (3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYPHENYL) 5 PROPOXY 2 INDANCARBOXYLIC ACID; CALCIUM; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; SARAFOTOXIN; SUCCINYLENDOTHELIN 1 [8-21][9 GLUTAMIC ACID 11,15 ALANINE]; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MESENTERIC VEIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0036178689     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0704441     Document Type: Article

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