Effects of reactive oxygen species and neutrophils on endothelium-dependent relaxation of rat thoracic aorta

Interdisciplinary Toxicology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 191-197

  Bauer, Viktor ^a   Sotníková, Ružena ^a   Drábiková, Katarína ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

aorta; neutrophils; ROS

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIMYCIN; CATECHOLAMINE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ALPHA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CONSTRICTION; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RAT; THORACIC AORTA; VASODILATATION;

CAVIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84857003288     PISSN: 13376853     EISSN: 13379569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10102-011-0029-3     Document Type: Article

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