Inhibition of angiotensin II-induced contraction of human airway smooth muscle cells by angiotensin-(1-7) via downregulation of the RhoA/ROCK2 signaling pathway

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 811-818

  Li, Ning ^a   Cai, Ruijun ^a   Niu, Yi ^a   Shen, Bin ^a   Xu, Jian ^a   Cheng, Yuanxiong ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Angiotensin (1 7); Human airway smooth muscle cell contraction; RhoA Rho associated coiled coil containing protein kinase 2 signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7][7 DEXTRO ALANINE]; COLLAGEN GEL; IRBESARTAN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRONCHI; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84866511870     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.1080     Document Type: Article

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