Y-27632, A Rho-kinase inhibitor, inhibits proliferation and adrenergic contraction of prostatic smooth muscle cells

Journal of Urology

Volumn 170, Issue 6 I, 2003, Pages 2517-2522

  Rees, Rowland W ^a,b   Foxwell, Neale A ^a   Ralph, David J ^b   Kell, Phil D ^b   Moncada, Salvador ^a   Cellek, Selim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Muscle, smooth; Prostate; Prostatic hyperplasia; Rats, Wistar; Rho associated kinase

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RHO KINASE;

ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0242608409     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000085024.47406.6c     Document Type: Article

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