Isolation and culture of human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells expressing functional calcium channels

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Cairrao E ^a   Santos Silva, A J ^a   Alvarez, E ^a   Correia, I ^a   Verde, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Calciumchannels; Patch clamp; Smooth muscle cells; Umbilical artery

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL ARTERY;

ACTINS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; MYOSINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL ARTERIES;

EID: 67549100079     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11626-008-9161-6     Document Type: Article

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