Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor α7 Subunit Mediates Migration of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Toward Nicotine

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 334-338

  Li, Sheng ^a,b   Zhao, Tiejun ^a,c   Xin, Hong ^a,b   Ye, Li Hong ^a,c   Zhang, Xiaodong ^a,c   Tanaka, Hideyuki ^a   Nakamura, Akio ^a   Kohama, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

d nicotine; Migration of vascular smooth muscle; 7 subtype of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CELL MIGRATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GUINEA PIG; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 1842732494     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.94.334     Document Type: Article

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