L-type calcium channels and CRH-mediated ACTH and cortisol release in humans.

abstract：:This study demonstrates the inhibitory effect of anticholinergic drug oxybutynin on voltage-dependent K+ (Kv) channels in rabbit coronary arterial smooth muscle cells. Oxybutynin inhibited vascular Kv channels in a concentration-dependent manner, with an IC50 value of 11.51 ± 0.38 μmol/L and a Hill coefficient (n) of ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Li H,Seo MS,An JR,Jung HS,Ha KS,Han ET,Hong SH,Bae YM,Ryu DR,Park WS

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution and binding characteristics of the radioligand (-)-[125I]-cyanopindolol (CYP) have been examined in slide mounted mouse kidney sections, using the technique of in vitro labelling and autoradiography. (-)-[125I]-CYP binding to sections was of high affinity (KD = 55.8 pmol/l, s.e.m. = 8.1, n = 4) to a s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lew R,Summers RJ

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Raised intracranial pressure (ICP) is a major factor associated with morbidity and mortality in patients with severe head injury. Identifying the mechanisms responsible for raised ICP may be difficult and, as a result, treatment prescribed may be non-specific and often ineffective. 2. Research aimed at obtaining mo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Lewis SB

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Oxygen (O2) transfer from the blood to tissues is a function of the red blood cell (RBC) O2 saturation (SO2), the plasma O2 content being negligible. Under conditions of increased tissue O2 demand, the SO2 of arterial blood does not change appreciably (97%); however, the SO2 of mixed venous blood, equal to that of ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Buchwald H,O'Dea TJ,Menchaca HJ,Michalek VN,Rohde TD

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The differential identification of the angiotensin AT1A and AT1B receptor subtypes is impaired by the existing>96% homology of both receptors. In the present study, we characterized two polyclonal rabbit peptide antibodies, namely alpha-AT1A and alpha-AT1B, that recognize the C-terminal region of mouse AT1A and AT1...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Hoffmann A,Cool DR

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies indicate that poor growth before birth is associated with left ventricular hypertrophy and an increased risk of death from heart disease later in life. In fetal life, the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system has been implicated in physiological growth of the heart, whereas in postnatal life ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang KC,Botting KJ,Padhee M,Zhang S,McMillen IC,Suter CM,Brooks DA,Morrison JL

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic fibrosis is an outcome of chronic liver injury. Angiotensin II (ANG II) may play a role in the pathogenesis of hepatic fibrosis. Certain drugs such as ACE inhibitors, ANG II antagonists, and even statins could interfere with the renin angiotensin system and modulate its deleterious effects. This study was carr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： El-Ashmawy NE,El-Bahrawy HA,Shamloula MM,Ibrahim AO

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, affecting both endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Store-operated Ca2+ channels (SOCCs) have been implicated in many diabetic complications. Vascular dysfunction is common in patients with diabetes, but the role of SOCCs in diabetic vasculopathy is still unc...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Schach C,Wester M,Leibl F,Redel A,Gruber M,Maier LS,Endemann D,Wagner S

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate whether the difference in the SA gene expression in the kidneys is causally related to the pathogenesis of hypertension, we reassessed the expression of the SA gene in the kidneys of the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR), its stroke-prone substrain (SHRSP) and Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rat from different...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ishinaga Y,Nabika T,Shimada T,Hiraoka J,Nara Y,Yamori Y

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The objectives of the study were to establish that inhibition of neuronal differentiation in culture (assessed by neurite outgrowth) can be used as a broad spectrum in vitro measure of neurotoxicity. 2. To establish whether a rapid measure of neurite outgrowth could be used. Thus the study examined the relationship...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Abdulla EM,Calaminici M,Campbell IC

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a progressively fatal form of cancer originating from the malignant transformation of hepatic biliary cholangiocytes. The present study reports for the first time in vitro growth inhibitory activities of β-eudesmol, the bioactive sesquiterpenoid present in the rhizome of Atractylodes lancea...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Mathema VB,Chaijaroenkul W,Karbwang J,Na-Bangchang K

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies showed that high doses of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) used to correct anaemia in chronic kidney disease (CKD) hyporesponsive patients may lead to deleterious effects. The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of rHuEPO in doses usually used to correct CKD-anaemia (100, 200 IU/kg b...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ribeiro S,Garrido P,Fernandes J,Vala H,Rocha-Pereira P,Costa E,Belo L,Reis F,Santos-Silva A

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study investigated the effect of progesterone, which, under certain circumstances, can antagonize both the mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid activities of steroid hormones, on the development and maintenance of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH)-induced hypertension in conscious sheep. 2. Progesterone (500...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Spence CD,Reid AF,Coghlan JP,Mills EH,Whitworth JA,Scoggins BA

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The present study evaluated changes in autonomic control of the cardiovascular system in conscious rats following blockade of endothelin (ET) receptors with bosentan. 2. Rats were treated with bosentan or vehicle (5% gum arabic) for 7 days by gavage. 3. Baseline heart rate (HR) was higher in the bosentan-treated gr...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Souza HC,Terzini GC,da Silva VJ,Martins-Pinge MC,Salgado HC,Salgado MC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has the therapeutic potential to improve renal fibrosis and proteinuria in rodents with chronic kidney disease. In contrast, long-term administration of human HGF to normal rats reportedly elicits proteinuria. Thus, the role of HGF during proteinuria remains contentious. The aim of th...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Mizuno S,Ikebuchi F,Fukuta K,Kato T,Matsumoto K,Adachi K,Abe T,Nakamura T

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide is a potent anti-apoptotic and cardioprotective molecule in healthy animals. However, recent study demonstrates that overexpression of eNOS exacerbates the liver injury in diabetic animals. whether diabetes may also alter NO's biologic activity in ischaemic/reperfused heart remains unknown. The present ex...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Liu Y,Xia C,Wang R,Zhang J,Yin T,Ma Y,Tao L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In rats, inhibition of type IV phosphodiesterase (PDE4) attenuates acute renal failure and early (hours) mortality induced by high-dose endotoxin. Because it is unlikely that protection of renal function accounts for improved early survivability, most likely PDE4 inhibition exerts multiple beneficial effects in end...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Tofovic SP,Zacharia LC,Carcillo JA,Jackson EK

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the pharmacological effects of T-1095, this novel derivative of phlorizin was administered to GK rats for 8 weeks. T-1095 treatment significantly lowered plasma glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels, but did not significantly affect bodyweight. 2. T-1095 treatment did not affect 3.3 mmo...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Nunoi K,Yasuda K,Adachi T,Okamoto Y,Shihara N,Uno M,Tamon A,Suzuki N,Oku A,Tsuda K

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of endogenous and exogenous acetylcholine (ACh) on nitrergic relaxations elicited by electrical field stimulation (EFS) were studied in guinea-pig endothelium-denuded basilar artery preparations precontracted with 1 mumol/L prostaglandin F2 alpha and a possible role of K+ channels in mediating the effec...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jiang F,Li CG,Rand MJ

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of endothelium in mediating the response to acetylcholine in the thoracic aorta and coronary vessels of rats exposed to cigarette smoking. Total serum cholesterol was measured at the beginning and end of the experiment. 2. The relaxation response to acetylcholine was s...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Jorge PA,Ozaki MR,Almeida EA

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The development of microneurography, in which an insulated tungsten microelectrode is inserted into an accessible peripheral or cranial nerve in awake human subjects, has allowed detailed analyses of the signalling capacities of single mechanoreceptive afferents from the skin, muscles and joints. For example, we kn...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Macefield VG

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of variation in dietary sodium intake on biochemical indices of sympathetic activity were investigated in normal subjects. Sodium restriction for 7 days (mean urinary sodium excretion 21 mmol/day, s.e.m. = 4) increased supine plasma noradrenaline concentration significantly (1.78 nmol/l, s.e.m. = 0.23) com...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Watson RD,Esler MD,Leonard P,Korner PI

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We tested the hypothesis that the pattern and the intensity of autonomic mechanisms causing vasoconstriction in the resting bronchial circulation of awake dogs also exists in awake sheep. It was also postulated that sighing behaviour and the associated bronchovascular dilatation induced by non-adrenergic, non-choli...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： McIlveen S,White S,Parsons G

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Anoxic perfusion of the isolated rat heart releases noradrenaline in the absence of sympathetic nerve fibre stimulation. 2. Anoxic noradrenaline release is enhanced by reducing the extracellular Na+ concentration, consistent with the proposal that such release occurs by carrier-mediated efflux. 3. Release is also e...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Dart AM,Riemersma RA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrarenal renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a critical role in the pathogenesis and progression of hypertension and kidney disease. In angiotensin (Ang) II-dependent hypertension, collecting duct renin synthesis and secretion are stimulated despite suppression of juxtaglomerular (JG) renin. This effect is medi...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Gonzalez AA,Prieto MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. In a recent review article, the problem of making false-positive inferences as a result of making multiple comparisons between groups of experimental units or between experimental outcomes was addressed. 2. It was concluded that the most universally applicable solution was to use the Ryan-Holm step-down Bonferroni ...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Ludbrook J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Although it is well established that hypertension is the main risk factor for stroke, the complexity of cerebrovascular problems related to hypertension is not generally appreciated. 2. Hypertension can cause stroke through many mechanisms. A high intraluminal pressure will lead to extensive alteration in endotheli...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Johansson BB

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct evidence is limited for the association between heart rate variability (HRV) indices and ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTAs). While galectin-3 (Gal-3) is regarded as a causal factor for cardiac remodelling and a biomarker for arrhythmias, its regulation on VTAs and HVR is unknown. Using aged transgenic (TG) mic...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： He M,Zhao WB,Nguyen MN,Kiriazis H,Li YQ,Hu H,Du XJ

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) dalteparin is used, for example, to prevent primary venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing surgery or in medically ill patients. The anticoagulant activity of dalteparin can be monitored by measuring anti-factor Xa levels and activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Feuring M,Wehling M,Schultz A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to investigate the mechanism underlying biochanin A-induced relaxation of the aorta in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). 2. The tension in isolated ring preparations of thoracic aortas from normotensive (Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats) and SHR at 5 and 10 weeks of age was measured iso...

journal_title：Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology

authors： Wang HP,Gao Q,Mei RH,Zhao MH,Lu Y,Li XY,Bruce IC,Xia Q

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00