Tachykinins and tachykinin receptors in human uterus

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 523-532

  Patak, Eva ^a   Candenas, M Luz ^b   Pennefather, Jocelyn N ^c   Ziccone, Sebastian ^a   Lilley, Alison ^a   Martín, Julio D ^b   Flores, Carlos ^d   Mantecón, Antonio G ^b   Story, Margot E ^e   Pinto, Francisco M ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CSIC JA USE Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas Isla de la Cartuja CICIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human myometrium; Neprilysin; Neurokinin A; Neurokinin B; SR48968; Substance P; Tachykinins; Uterine contractions

Indexed keywords

BESTATIN; CAPTOPRIL; HEMOKININ 1; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROKININ 1 RECEPTOR; NEUROKININ A; NEUROKININ B; PEPTIDASE; PREPROTACHYKININ; PREPROTACHYKININ A; PREPROTACHYKININ B; PREPROTACHYKININ C; SAREDUTANT; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ DERIVATIVE; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; THIORPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 10744229383     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0705279     Document Type: Article

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