CRH acts on CRH-R1 and -R2 to differentially modulate the expression of large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in human pregnant myometrium

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4406-4417

  Xu, Chen ^a   Gao, Lu ^a   You, Xingji ^a   Dai, Ling ^b   Li, Yuan ^b   Gu, Hang ^b   Slater, Donna M ^c   Olson, David M ^d   Ni, Xin ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIHYDRO 1 [2 HYDROXY 5 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 5 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL) 2H BENZIMIDAZOL 2 ONE; ANTALARMIN; ASTRESSIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL ISOLATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABOR ONSET; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UTERUS CONTRACTILITY;

CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MUSCLE CELLS; MYOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 80054931902     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0262     Document Type: Article

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