Long- and short-term effects of androgens in human umbilical artery smooth muscle

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 181-189

  Saldanha, Paulo A ^a   Cairrão, Elisa ^a   Maia, Cláudio J ^a   Verde, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Androgens; Calcium channels; Potassium channels; Smooth muscle cell; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; HISTAMINE; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL ALPHA SUBUNIT; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEROTONIN; TESTOSTERONE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMAN UMBILICAL ARTERY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE TONE; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

ANDROGENS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARGE-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL BETA SUBUNITS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; TIME FACTORS; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84874315959     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: 14401681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1681.12047     Document Type: Article

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