Investigation of the potential modulatory effect of biliverdin, carbon monoxide and bilirubin on nitrergic neurotransmission in the pig gastric fundus

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 457, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 177-186

  Colpaert, Erwin E ^a   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^b   Lefebvre, Romain A ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Cell Biology and Histology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bile pigment; Biliverdin reductase; Carbon monoxide; Gastric fundus; Heme oxygenase 2; Nitrergic relaxation; Pig

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYL 3 (5 HYDROXYMETHYL 2 FURYL)INDAZOLE; 1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BILE PIGMENT; BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDIN; BILIVERDIN REDUCTASE; CARBON MONOXIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; HEME OXYGENASE; HEME OXYGENASE 2; HEME OXYGENASE INHIBITOR; ISOPRENALINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTOPORPHYRIN TIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; HEME OXYGENASE-2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STOMACH FUNDUS; SWINE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYMOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BILIRUBIN; BILIVERDINE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GASTRIC FUNDUS; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NITRERGIC NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; SWINE;

EID: 0037146911     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(02)02691-2     Document Type: Article

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