Pregnancy-induced modulation of calcium mobilization and down-regulation of Rho-kinase expression contribute to attenuated vasopressin-induced contraction of the rat aorta

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-176

  Katoue, Maram G ^a   Khan, Islam ^a   Oriowo, Mabayoje A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Nifedipine; Rat aorta; Rho kinase pathway

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; NIFEDIPINE; RHO KINASE; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; AORTA; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NIFEDIPINE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 31844443330     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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