Effects of nitric oxide donors and inhibitors of nitric oxide signalling on endothelin- and serotonin-induced contractions in human placental arteries

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 217-223

  Sand, A E ^a   Andersson, E ^a   Fried, G ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood vessels; Endothelin; LY 83583; Nitric oxide; ODQ; Placenta; Vasoconstriction; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 6 ANILINO 5,8 QUINOLINEQUINONE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; METHANOL; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY TONE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; AMINOQUINOLINES; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; NITROGLYCERIN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; S-NITROSO-N-ACETYLPENICILLAMINE; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIONUCLEOTIDES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 0036202310     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2002.00939.x     Document Type: Article

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