Estrogen regulates β1-subunit expression in Ca 2+-activated K+ channels in arteries from reproductive tissues

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 289, Issue 4 58-4, 2005, Pages

  Nagar, Deepa ^a   Liu, Xiao Tie ^a   Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Mammary artery; Mesenteric artery; Myometrium; Nonpregnant ewes; Uterine blood flow; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA1 SUBUNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMARY ARTERY; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; STOICHIOMETRY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MYOMETRIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 25444472566     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01174.2004     Document Type: Article

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