Endothelium-dependent contractions in SHR: A tale of prostanoid TP and IP receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 563-574

  Félétou, Michel ^a   Verbeuren, Tony J ^a   Vanhoutte, Paul M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SERVIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase; EDCF; Endothelium; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress; Platelets; Prostaglandins; Smooth muscle; Superoxide anion

Indexed keywords

8 ISOPROSTANE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED CONSTRICTING FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN F2 ALPHA; PROSTAGLANDIN H2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PROSTANOID RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THROMBOXANE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; PTGIR PROTEIN, RAT; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR;

AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERTENSION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AORTA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN; RECEPTORS, THROMBOXANE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 65349116560     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2008.00060.x     Document Type: Review

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