Expression and functional role of the RhoA/Rho-kinase pathway in rat coeliac artery

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 817-824

  Teixeira, Cleber E ^a   Jin, Liming ^a   Ying, Zhekang ^a   Palmer, Trenis ^a   Priviero, Fernanda B M ^b   Webb, R Clinton ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coeliac artery; Nitric oxide; Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factors; Rho kinase; RhoA

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINE; CYCLIC GMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INDOMETACIN; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PDZ PROTEIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; 1H (1,2,4)OXADIAZOLO(4,3 A)QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; 1H-(1,2,4)OXADIAZOLO(4,3-A)QUINOXALIN-1-ONE; AMIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; QUINOXALINE DERIVATIVE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR P115; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CELIAC ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EVOKED RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASODILATATION;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELIAC ARTERY; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INDOMETHACIN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE; OXADIAZOLES; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; QUINOXALINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33644674786     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2005.04271.x     Document Type: Article

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