Diversity of potassium channels in human umbilical artery smooth muscle cells: A review of their roles in human umbilical artery contraction

Reproductive Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 432-441

  Martín, Pedro ^a   Rebolledo, Alejandro ^a   Palomo, Ana Rocio Roldán ^a   Moncada, Melisa ^a   Piccinini, Luciano ^a   Milesi, Verónica ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

human umbilical artery; patch clamp

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

FEMALE; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; UMBILICAL ARTERY; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL ARTERIES; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 84899021023     PISSN: 19337191     EISSN: 19337205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1933719113504468     Document Type: Review

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