Endothelin and bradykinin: 'Brothers-in-arms' in Chagas vasculopathies?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1330-1332

  D'Orléans Juste, Pedro ^a   Bkaily, Ghassan ^a   Rae, Giles Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

angiotensin converting enzyme; BQ 123; BQ 788; bradykinin; Chagas disease; chemokines; endothelin 1; HOE 140; Toll like receptors; trypomastigotes

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; ENDOTHELIN 1; ICATIBANT; LISINOPRIL; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DRUG POTENCY; EDEMA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INTERSTITIAL EDEMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HUMANS; RECEPTOR, BRADYKININ B2; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84857100514     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01636.x     Document Type: Review

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