Diversity of endothelium-derived vasocontracting factors - Arachidonic acid metabolites

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1065-1069

  Kurahashi, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nishihashi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Trandafir, Cristina Corina ^a   Wang, Ai Min ^a   Murakami, Shizuka ^a   Ji, Xu ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; Cerebral arteries; Coronary vessels; Endothelium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED CONSTRICTING FACTOR; LEUKOTRIENE; NICOTINE; NORADRENALIN; THROMBOXANE A2; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; BASILAR ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DOG; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RABBIT; REVIEW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BASILAR ARTERY; CORONARY VESSELS; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOGS; ENDOTHELINS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LEUKOTRIENES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS; RATS; THROMBOXANE A2;

EID: 0242390525     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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