EDHF: Spreading the influence of the endothelium

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 839-852

  Garland, Christopher J ^a   Hiley, C Robin ^b   Dora, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connexins; EDHF; endothelium; gap junctions; hyperpolarization; K Ca2.3; K Ca3.1; NO; potassium channels; prostacyclin; vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; APAMIN; BARIUM; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITOR; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IBERIOTOXIN; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OUABAIN; PROSTACYCLIN; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ARTERY; BIOASSAY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GAP JUNCTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; POTASSIUM TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPOLARIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED;

EID: 80052602667     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01148.x     Document Type: Review

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