Dexamethasone decreases neuronal nitric oxide release in mesenteric arteries from hypertensive rats through decreased protein kinase C activation

Clinical Science

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 305-312

  Aras López, Rosa ^a   Xavier, Fabiano E ^b   Ferrer, Mercedes ^a   Balfagón, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Electrical field stimulation; Glucocorticoid; Hypertension; Nitric oxide; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 5 METHOXY 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; CALPHOSTIN C; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LY 379196; MIFEPRISTONE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE C ZETA; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HYPERTENSION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WISTAR KYOTO RAT;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RATS, INBRED WKY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 70349440668     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20080178     Document Type: Article

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