✦ LIBER ✦

Involvement of Rho-kinase in the contractile mechanism of human ureteral smooth muscle

✍ Scribed by Sung Kyu Hong; Cheol Kwak; Byung Chang Jeong; Bong Sub Kim; Hyeon Hoe Kim

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Weight: 218 KB
Volume: 24
Category: Article
ISSN: 0733-2467
DOI: 10.1002/nau.20096

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES

The effect of chronic partial bladder ou

The effect of chronic partial bladder outlet obstruction on corpus cavernosum smooth muscle and Rho-kinase in rabbits

✍ Wei-Yu Lin; Anita Mannikarottu; Paul Chichester; Paul Neuman; Arnold Johnson; Fr 📂 Article 📅 2008 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 302 KB 👁 1 views

The effects of lithium on muscle contrac

The effects of lithium on muscle contractile function in humans

✍ Mark A. Tarnopolsky; Audrey Hicks; Karen Winegard 📂 Article 📅 1996 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 741 KB

A side effect of lithium (Li+) treatment is fatigue. Lit decreases inositol triphosphate (IP,) accumulation and IP3 may play a role in excitationcontraction (E-C) coupling in skeletal muscle. Lit carbonate (600 mg b.i.d. x 6 days) was administered in a randomized, double-blind fashion to 12 males to

Involvement of p38 MAP kinase in TGF-β-s

Involvement of p38 MAP kinase in TGF-β-stimulated VEGF synthesis in aortic smooth muscle cells

✍ Takuji Yamamoto; Osamu Kozawa; Kumiko Tanabe; Shigeru Akamatsu; Hiroyuki Matsuno 📂 Article 📅 2001 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 185 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract Although it is known that transforming growth factor (TGF)‐β induces vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells, the underlying mechanisms are still poorly understood. In the present study, we examined whether the mitogen‐activated protein (MAP)

Mechanisms of inhibition by heparin of P

Mechanisms of inhibition by heparin of PDGF stimulated MAP kinase activation in vascular smooth muscle cells

✍ Laurel A. Pukac; Jeffrey E. Carter; Michael E. Ottlinger; Morris J. Karnovsky 📂 Article 📅 1997 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 222 KB 👁 2 views

Heparin and heparan are potent inhibitors of vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation. To investigate the mechanisms by which heparin suppresses growth factor stimulated mitogenesis, the present experiments investigated the effects of heparin on platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) stimulat

RhoA/Rho kinase-mediated Ca2+ sensitizat

RhoA/Rho kinase-mediated Ca2+ sensitization in the contraction of human prostate

✍ Ryosuke Takahashi; Junji Nishimura; Narihito Seki; Takakazu Yunoki; Toshihisa To 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 198 KB

## Abstract ## Aims The contractile mechanisms of prostatic smooth muscle have been extensively investigated at the receptor level. However, the intracellular mechanisms have not yet been fully elucidated, especially in human tissue. In the present study, we examined the functional role of RhoA/Rh

Expression of cyclins and cyclin-depende

Expression of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases in smooth muscle tumors of the uterus

✍ Ya-Li Zhai; Toshio Nikaido,; Tanri Shiozawa; Ayaka Orii; Shingo Fujii 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 French ⚖ 361 KB 👁 2 views

To investigate the cell cycle regulatory mechanisms involved in the growth of smooth muscle tumors, we studied the expression of Ki-67, cyclins E and A, and their catalytic partners, the cyclin-dependent kinases cdk2 and cdc2 by using tissue specimens from benign and malignant smooth muscle tumors.