Urothelial signaling

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2011, Pages 207-231

  Birder, Lori A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Sensory web; TRP channels; Urothelium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINOGUANIDINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CAPSAICIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ION CHANNEL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2X2 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2X3 RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC P2Y RECEPTOR; RESINIFERATOXIN; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL A1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 4; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; BLADDER MUCOSA; BLADDER WALL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL TYPE; CHANNEL GATING; CYSTALGIA; DETRUSOR DYSSYNERGIA; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLOMERULUS BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL CYSTITIS; LAMINA PROPRIA; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THERMAL STIMULATION; UROTHELIUM; ANIMAL; BLADDER; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 79952222367     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_10     Document Type: Article

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