Chronic hypoxia inhibits pregnancy-induced upregulation of SKCa channel expression and function in uterine arteries

Hypertension

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-374

  Zhu, Ronghui ^a   Hu, Xiang Qun ^a   Xiao, Daliao ^a   Yang, Shumei ^b   Wilson, Sean M ^a   Longo, Lawrence D ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Myogenic regulatory factors; Pregnancy; Relaxation; SKCa channel; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEA LEVEL; SHEEP; SMOOTH MUSCLE; UPREGULATION; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

ANOXIA; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PREGNANCY; RELAXATION; SKCA CHANNEL; UTERINE ARTERY;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; INDOLES; OXIMES; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATION;

EID: 84880956458     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.01236     Document Type: Article

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