[Ca2+]i-independent contractile force generation by rat hepatic stellate cells in response to endothelin-1

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Melton, Andrew C ^a,b   Datta, Anuj ^a   Yee Jr , Hal F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytosolic calcium concentration; Myosin light chain kinase; Myosin light chain phosphorylation; Rhoassociated kinase

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; COLLAGEN; ENDOTHELIN 1; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; IONOMYCIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN REGULATORY LIGHT CHAIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,2-BIS(2-AMINOPHENOXY)ETHANE-N,N,N',N'-TETRAACETIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EGTAZIC ACID; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO KINASE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; FORCE TRANSDUCER; GEL; HYPERKALEMIA; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CELL; LIVER CELL CULTURE; LIVER CELL MEMBRANE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER SINUSOID; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STELLATE CELL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; EGTAZIC ACID; ENDOTHELIN-1; HEPATOCYTES; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIVER; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; MYOSINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33644807897     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00337.2005     Document Type: Article

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