Melittin, a major bioactive component of bee venom toxin, inhibits PDGF receptor beta-tyrosine phosphorylation and downstream intracellular signal transduction in rat aortic vascular smooth muscle cells

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 15-16, 2007, Pages 1350-1355

  Son, Dong Ju ^a   Kang, Jun ^b   Kim, Tack Joong ^a   Song, Ho Sueb ^b   Sung, Ki Joong ^c   Yun, Do Young ^c   Hong, Jin Tae ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE VENOM; MELITTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; TYROSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; BEE VENOMS; CELLS, CULTURED; MELITTEN; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE;

APOIDEA; RATTUS;

EID: 34547167123     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701428689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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