Antiproliferative effect of isosteviol on angiotensin-II-treated rat aortic smooth muscle cells

Pharmacology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Wong, Kar Lok ^a   Lin, Jia Wei ^b   Liu, Ju Chi ^b   Yang, Hung Yu ^b   Kao, Pei Feng ^b   Chen, Cheng Hsien ^b   Loh, Shih Hurng ^c   Chiu, Wen Ta ^b   Cheng, Tzu Hurng ^b   Lin, Jaung Geng ^a   Hong, Hong Jye ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Endothelin 1; Isosteviol; Reactive oxygen species; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIOXIDANT; ENDOTHELIN 1; FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOSTEVIOL; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STEVIOSIDE; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DITERPENES, KAURANE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIN-1; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 33645984239     PISSN: 00317012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091417     Document Type: Article

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