Multiple nicotinic acetylcholine receptora α-subunits are expressed in the arterial system of the rat

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 441-447

  Brüggmann, Dörthe ^a   Lips, Katrin S ^a   Pfeil, Uwe ^a   Haberberger, Rainer V ^a   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelial cell; Immunohistochemistry; Vascular smooth muscle cell; Vessels

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; MONOVALENT CATION; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THORACIC AORTA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; AORTA; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; ARTERIES; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

EID: 0036460327     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-002-0475-2     Document Type: Article

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