In anesthetized pigs human chorionic gonadotropin increases myocardial perfusion and function through a β-adrenergic-related pathway and nitric oxide

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 422-435

  Grossini, Elena ^a,b   Surico, Daniela ^a   Mary, David A S G ^a,b   Molinari, Claudio ^a,b   Surico, Nicola ^a   Vacca, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Maggiore Della Carita   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenergic receptors; Cardiac function; Cardiac perfusion; Gonadotropins; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; GONADOTROPIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL CULTURE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PERFUSION; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS; CARDIAC FUNCTION; CARDIAC PERFUSION; GONADOTROPINS; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMALS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELLS, CULTURED; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CYCLIC AMP; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HEART; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA-2; SWINE;

EID: 84882614330     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00425.2013     Document Type: Article

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