Human umbilical cord expresses several vasoactive peptides involved in the local regulation of vascular tone: Protein and gene expression of Orphanin, Oxytocin, ANP, eNOS and iNOS

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 211-218

  Mauro, Annamaria ^a   Buscemi, Maria ^a   Provenzano, Salvatore ^a   Gerbino, Aldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anp; Enos; Human umbilical cord; Inos; Orphanin; Oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NOCICEPTIN; OXYTOCIN; NOS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NOS3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OPIATE PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHARTON JELLY; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; UMBILICAL CORD; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BLOOD VESSELS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OPIOID PEPTIDES; OXYTOCIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 80055066486     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: 18975631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/FHC.2011.0029     Document Type: Article

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