β-Adrenergic receptor subtype signaling in heart: From bench to bedside

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 335-341

  Woo, Anthony Yiu Ho ^a   Xiao, Rui Ping ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adrenergic receptor; cardiovascular system; heart failure; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CATECHOLAMINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; APOPTOSIS; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BETA ADRENERGIC STIMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC REGULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84858127346     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2011.201     Document Type: Review

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