Epigallocatechin-3-gallate relaxes the isolated bovine ophthalmic artery: Involvement of phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt-nitric oxide/cGMP signalling pathway

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 608, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 48-53

  Romano, Maria Rosaria ^a   Lograno, Marcello Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Nitric oxide; Ophthalmic artery; Phosphoinositide 3 phosphate; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM); APAMIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CATECHIN; CYCLIC GMP; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IBERIOTOXIN; N ACETYL S NITROSOPENICILLAMINE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE B INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CELL ISOLATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ISOLATED ARTERY; ISOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; CATECHIN; CATTLE; CYCLIC GMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; OXADIAZOLES; PENICILLAMINE; PEPTIDES; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; QUINOXALINES; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 62949098055     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2009.02.034     Document Type: Article

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