Mechanisms underlying the vasorelaxation of human internal mammary artery induced by (-)-epicatechin

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 762, Issue , 2015, Pages 306-312

  Novakovic, Aleksandra ^a   Marinko, Marija ^a   Vranic, Aleksandra ^a   Jankovic, Goran ^a   Milojevic, Predrag ^a,b   Stojanovic, Ivan ^a,b   Nenezic, Dragoslav ^a,b   Ugresic, Nenad ^a   Kanjuh, Vladimir ^c   Yang, Qin ^d,e   He, Guo Wei ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases Dedinje   (Serbia)

^c SERBIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Serbia)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e TEDA INTERNATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

( ) Epicatechin; Calcium channels; Human internal mammary artery; Intracellular calcium release; Potassium channels; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SENSITIVE POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CAFFEINE; EPICATECHIN; FAMPRIDINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; IBERIOTOXIN; LARGE CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MARGATOXIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; THAPSIGARGIN; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM; CATECHIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MAMMARY ARTERY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

CALCIUM; CATECHIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENYLEPHRINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84931273854     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.05.066     Document Type: Article

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