A neuroactive steroid inhibits guinea pig airway sensory nerves via Maxi-K+ channel activation

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-36

  Yoshihara, Shigemi ^a   Morimoto, Hiroshi ^b   Ohori, Makoto ^b   Yamada, Yumi ^a   Abe, Toshio ^a   Arisaka, Osamu ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airways; C fibers; G protein; Maxi K+ channels; Neuroactive steroid

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 9 (TETRAHYDRO 2 FURYL)ADENINE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE INHIBITOR; ALLOTETRAHYDROCORTISONE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; DENDROTOXIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IBERIOTOXIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NEUROSTEROID; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHUS MUSCLE; CAPSAICIN SENSITIVE AFFERENT SENSORY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SENSORY NERVE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ANIMALS; BRONCHI; CORTICOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 33747231858     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094179     Document Type: Article

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