Vasodilatory properties of recombinant maxadilan

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 271, Issue 3 40-3, 1996, Pages

  Jackson, Terence S ^b   Lerner, Ethan ^b   Weisbrod, Robert M ^b   Tajima, Masahiro ^b   Loscalzo, Joseph ^b   Keaney Jr , John F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate; calcium; smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; MAXADILAN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 33750728466     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1996.271.3.h924     Document Type: Article

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