Chronic hypoxia increases pressure-dependent myogenic tone of the uterine artery in pregnant sheep: Role of ERK/PKC pathway

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Chang, Katherine ^a   Xiao, Daliao ^a   Huang, Xiaohui ^a   Longo, Lawrence D ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; CALCIUM; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHORBOL DIBUTYRATE; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C EPSILON;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HYPOXIA; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; UPREGULATION; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCIUM; CARCINOGENS; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PHORBOL 12,13-DIBUTYRATE; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASE C-ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C-EPSILON; SHEEP; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 66949140788     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00090.2009     Document Type: Article

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