Ligand activation of cannabinoid receptors attenuates hypertrophy of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 420-430

  Lu, Yan ^a   Akinwumi, Bolanle C ^a   Shao, Zongjun ^b   Anderson, Hope D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b The Inst of Cardiovascular Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

AMPK; Anandamide; Cardiac hypertrophy; Cardiac myocyte; Endocannabinoid

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N (1 PIPERIDYL) 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N MORPHOLINO 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 1 DEOXY 3 (1,1 DIMETHYLBUTYL) DELTA8 TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; ANANDAMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; METHANANDAMIDE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; R METHANANDAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,1-DIMETHYLBUTYL-1-DEOXY-DELTA(9)-THC; AMIDE; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; ENDOCANNABINOID; ENDOTHELIN 1; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; LIGAND; NAPHTHALEN-1-YL-(4-PENTYLOXYNAPHTHALEN-1-YL)METHANONE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CARDIOMEGALY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE SILENCING; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONISTS; CANNABINOIDS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ENDOTHELIN-1; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; LIGANDS; MALE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NAPHTHALENES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84928156444     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: 15334023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0000000000000134     Document Type: Article

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