Protective Effects of Ghrelin on Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in the Isolated Rat Heart

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-170

  Chang, Lin ^a   Ren, Yongsheng ^a   Liu, Xiuhua ^a   Li, Wei Gen ^a   Yang, Jinghui ^a   Geng, Bin ^a   Weintraub, Neal L ^b   Tang, Chaoshu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghrelin; Ghrelin receptor; Heart; Ischemia reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG BINDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; ISOLATED HEART; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR BINDING ASSAY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SARCOLEMMA;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEART RATE; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SARCOLEMMA;

EID: 1642581469     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200402000-00001     Document Type: Article

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