Activation of BKCa channel is associated with increased apoptosis of cerebrovascular smooth muscle cells in simulated microgravity rats

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Xie, Man Jiang ^a   Ma, Yu Guang ^a,b   Gao, Fang ^a   Bai, Yun Gang ^a   Cheng, Jiu Hua ^a   Chang, Yao Ming ^a   Yu, Zhi Bin ^a   Ma, Jin ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular remodeling; Cerebral artery; Hindlimb unweighting; Human embryonic kidney 293 cells

Indexed keywords

LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; CALCIUM; KCNMA1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KCNMB1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIMULATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BRAIN ARTERY; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; IMMOBILIZATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSFECTION; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 77952599567     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00474.2009     Document Type: Article

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