Sex differences in endothelial function in porcine coronary arteries: A role for H2O2 and gap junctions?

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2751-2766

  Wong, P S ^a   Roberts, R E ^a   Randall, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bradykinin; connexin (Cx); endothelium derived hyperpolarization (EDH); gap junctions; nitric oxide (NO); porcine coronary artery (PCA); sex differences

Indexed keywords

1 [(2 CHLOROPHENYL)DIPHENYLMETHYL] 1H PYRAZOLE; 15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; 18ALPHA GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; 6,7 DICHLORO 1H INDOLE 2,3 DIONE 3 OXIME; APAMIN; BRADYKININ; CARBENOXOLONE; CATALASE; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED RELAXING FACTOR; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOMETACIN; INTERMEDIATE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTANOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 18ALPHA-GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; CATALASE-POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE; VASODILATATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ANIMALS; APAMIN; BRADYKININ; CARBENOXOLONE; CATALASE; CONNEXINS; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PYRAZOLES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWINE; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84900553124     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bph.12595     Document Type: Article

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