Complex effects of imatinib on spontaneous and oxytocin-induced contractions in human non-pregnant myometrium

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 329-338

  Cretoiu, S M ^a,b   Simionescu, A A ^c   Caravia, L ^a   Curici, A ^a   Cretoiu, D ^a,b   Popescu, L M ^a,b  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^c NONE

Author keywords

c kit; human myometrium; imatinib; interstitial cells; oxytocin; telocytes

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; OXYTOCIN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOMETRIUM; OXYTOCICS; OXYTOCIN; PIPERAZINES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; PYRIMIDINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 80052522099     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.98.2011.3.10     Document Type: Article

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