Rho-kinase, but not protein kinase C, is involved in generation of the spontaneous tone in the resting phase of the isolated pig iris sphincter muscle

Current Eye Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-183

  Okano, Mayumi ^a   Uchikawa, Yoshikazu ^a   Tanaka, Naoko ^a   Mutoh, Junpei ^a   Ohkura, Masamichi ^a   Hisa, Hiroaki ^a   Yamamoto, Ryuichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iris sphincter muscle; Myosin light chain phosphatase; Protein kinase C; Resting tension; Rho kinase

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 3 INDOLYL] 3 (3 INDOLYL)MALEIMIDE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; CALYCULIN A; EGTAZIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHO KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHINCTER PUPILLAE MUSCLE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; IRIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN KINASE C; PUPIL; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SWINE;

EID: 62249119134     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680802652175     Document Type: Article

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