Rho-Kinase, a common final path of various contractile bladder and ureter stimuli

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2011, Pages 543-568

  Zhang, Xinhua ^a   DiSanto, Michael E ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder dysfunction; Calcium sensitization; RhoA Rho kinase; Smooth muscle; Smooth muscle myosin phosphatase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PURINERGIC P2X RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHO FACTOR; RHO KINASE; TACHYKININ; CALCIUM;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; OVERACTIVE BLADDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER PERISTALSIS; ANIMAL; BLADDER; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; URETER; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; UROLOGIC DISEASES;

EID: 79952231619     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16499-6_24     Document Type: Article

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