Activation of endothelial BKCa channels causes pulmonary vasodilation

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 122-129

  Vang, Alexander ^a   Mazer, Jeffrey ^a,b   Casserly, Brian ^a,b   Choudhary, Gaurav ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Large conductance calcium activated potassium channel; Lung; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

1 (2 HYDROXY 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYLPHENYL) 5 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 2(3H) BENZIMIDAZOLONE; IBERIOTOXIN; LANTHANUM; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE TYPE C; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRYLAMMONIUM; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; PEPTIDE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CALCIUM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; LANTHANUM; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, C-TYPE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPTIDES; PULMONARY ARTERY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRAETHYLAMMONIUM; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 77956182127     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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