Calcium homeostasis and sensitization in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle

Microcirculation

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 259-271

  Jernigan, Nikki L ^a   Resta, Thomas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin polymerization; Calcium entry; Calcium sensitization; Hypoxia; Pulmonary hypertension; Vascular smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATION CHANNEL; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; ACTIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIC LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PULMONARY ARTERY SMOOTH MUSCLE; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SENSITIZATION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SODIUM TRANSPORT; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; UPREGULATION; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HOMEOSTASIS; LUNG CIRCULATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERIZATION; PULMONARY ARTERY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84898027147     PISSN: 10739688     EISSN: 15498719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/micc.12096     Document Type: Article

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