Pregnancy modifies the large conductance Ca2+-activated K + channel and cGMP-dependent signaling pathway in uterine vascular smooth muscle

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 296, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rosenfeld, Charles R ^a   Liu, Xiao Tie ^a   DeSpain, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclic guanosine 3 ,5 monophosphate; Protein kinase G isoforms; Regulatory subunits; Uteroplacental blood flow

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOICHIOMETRY; TERM BIRTH; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CYCLIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; FEMALE; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS; VASODILATION;

EID: 66949170295     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01185.2008     Document Type: Article

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