Endogenously generated sulfur dioxide and its vasorelaxant effect in rats

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 923-930

  Du, Shu Xu ^a   Jin, Hong Fang ^a   Bu, Ding Fang ^a   Zhao, Xia ^a   Geng, Bin ^a   Tang, Chao Shu ^a,b   Du, Jun Bao ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Aspartate aminotransferase; Calcium channel; L type; Sulfur dioxide; Vasorelaxant effect

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; NICARDIPINE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR RING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASCULAR TISSUE; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CALCIUM CHANNEL AGONISTS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 49249096289     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2008.00845.x     Document Type: Article

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