ClC-3: More than just a volume-sensitive Cl - channel

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-2

  Remillard, Carmelle V ^a   Yuan, Jason X J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell survival; ClC 3; Inflammation; Monocrotaline; Proliferation; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; MONOCROTALINE;

ANGIOGENESIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHANNEL GATING; CLC 3 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HYPERTROPHY; INFLAMMATION; ION TRANSPORT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 18744416273     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0706136     Document Type: Review

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