Role of Rho-kinase in guinea-pig gallbladder smooth muscle contraction

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 534, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 210-217

  Quinn, Teresa ^a   Feighery, Ronan ^a   Baird, Alan William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ca2+ sensitisation; Gallbladder; Rho kinase; Y 27632

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CANTHARIDIN; CARBACHOL; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PHORBOL; PHOSPHATASE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; CARBACHOL; CHOLECYSTOKININ; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GALLBLADDER; GUINEA PIGS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PYRIDINES; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM-TRANSPORTING ATPASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THAPSIGARGIN;

EID: 33644914990     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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