Structure-activity relationship on (+/-)-nantenine derivatives in antiserotonergic activities in rat aorta.

abstract：:The recognition of chylomicrons as dietary lipid transporters dates back to more than 70 years and marks a milestone in lipoprotein history. Conventionally, three phases constitute the process of absorption of exogenous fat: intraluminal, intestinal, and delivery. The intraluminal phase includes chemical hydrolysis by...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Levy E

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of leukotrienes (LTs) have been widely studied in the isolated perfused mammalian heart; however, little is known about the effect or metabolism of LTs in the isolated bullfrog heart. Isolated perfused bullfrog hearts were administered randomized doses of LTC4, LTD4, or LTE4. The cardiac parameters of hear...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Herman RP,Heller RS,Canavan CM,Herman CA

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelium, although only a single layer of cells lining the vascular and lymphatic systems, contributes in multiple ways to vascular homeostasis. Subsequent to the 1980 report by Robert Furchgott and John Zawadzki, there has been a phenomenal increase in our knowledge concerning the signalling molecules and path...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Triggle CR,Samuel SM,Ravishankar S,Marei I,Arunachalam G,Ding H

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is now evidence for the involvement of four beta-adrenoceptor populations in the regulation of cardiac function by catecholamines. Beta1- and beta2-adrenoceptor stimulation classically produces an increase in contractility. A fourth beta-adrenoceptor, as yet uncloned and designated provisionally as a beta4-adren...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gauthier C,Leblais V,Moniotte S,Langin D,Balligand JL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of 63-day-old female Wistar rats were fed a folic acid deficient diet, based on 20% of vitamin-free casein and containing 1% of succinylsulfathiazole, for 5 weeks (group A) and 9 weeks (group B) before being bred, and the same diet was continued through pregnancy and lactation. Three out of eleven (21.3%) a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tagbo IF,Hill DC

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was made of the radiosensitivity of the toxic and immunological properties of Androctonus australis hector venom. This venom was irradiated with two doses of gamma rays (1 and 2 kGy) from a 60Co source. The results showed that venom toxicity was abolished for the two radiation doses (1 and 2 kGy) with...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abib L,Laraba-Djebari F

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal hyperthyroidism (NH) in the rat is associated with permanent reductions in serum thyroxine (T4), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations in the adult, changes suggestive of a hypothyroid state. In the adult NH rat, the thyrotroph appears to be more sensitive to the feedback...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Walker P

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulative data suggest the significant role of the renin-angiotensin system in the development of the pathological consequences of diabetes mellitus (DM). Newly synthesized AT2 receptor agonists gained importance as a target for creating new antihypertensives. The aim of the present work was to study the effects of p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Pechlivanova D,Petrov K,Grozdanov P,Nenchovska Z,Tchekalarova J,Stoynev A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of xanthine--xanthine oxidase produced oxygen radicals were studied in hypertrophied rat hearts in a Langendorff preparation. Heart hypertrophy was produced by banding of the abdominal aorta for 6 weeks. This resulted in a 22% increase in ventricle/body weight ratio compared with that of sham-operated controls...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gupta M,Gameiro A,Singal PK

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our studies are guided by the novel hypothesis that protein tyrosine phosphorylation is an important mechanism for regulating contraction of smooth muscle. Several lines of evidence are reviewed which suggest that enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation participates in mechanisms that regulate cytosolic Ca2+ and Ca2+ sensit...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Di Salvo J,Pfitzer G,Semenchuk LA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gripp-Heel is a homeopathic preparation frequently used in the treatment of respiratory viral infections such as various types of influenza and the common cold. The antiviral activity of Gripp-Heel was studied in vitro on human pathogenic enveloped and nonenveloped RNA and DNA viruses. Before the antiviral assays, in ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Glatthaar-Saalmüller B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexes of vanadyl(IV) with 4 monosaccharides and 5 disaccharides were tested in 2 osteoblast-like cell lines (MC3T3E1 and UMR106). Many complexes caused stimulation of UMR106 proliferation (120% basal) in the range of 2.5 to 25 micromol/L. In the nontransformed osteoblasts, some vanadyl-saccharide complexes stimula...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Barrio DA,Cattáneo ER,Apezteguía MC,Etcheverry SB

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many functions of the brain and the sympathetic adrenal system are influenced by those amino acids that exert precursor control over neurotransmitter synthesis. One of the functions affected is regulation of blood pressure. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to describe how food proteins and amino acids affect t...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Anderson GH

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of lowering the extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]o) on the electrophysiological actions of disopyramide phosphate, a new antiarrhythmic drug. At low [K+]o, therapeutic concentrations of disopyramide phosphate caused significantly less depression of action potential amplitude and maximum...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kus T,Sasyniuk BI

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infarct-like lesion induced by isoprenaline is a well-known model to study myocardial infarction (MI). Vitamin D has been shown to have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Recent studies highlighted cross talk between vitamin D and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ). The present study was...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El-Gohary OA,Allam MM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-Fluoromethylhistidine, a histidine decarboxylase inhibitor, induced a significant depletion in the hypothalamic, midbrain, and cortical brain histamine amounts in 12- and 3-month-old rats. In all three brain regions the most evident depletion occurred 2 h after treatment. In both groups of rats midbrain histamin...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mazurkiewicz-Kwilecki I,Nsonwah S

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hedysarum polybotrys polysaccharide (HPS) is the principal active fraction responsible for the antidiabetic properties of this species. The aim of this study was to determine the antidiabetic properties of 4 purified fractions of different molecular weight range HPSs (HPS1, HPS2, HPS3, HPS4). HPS3 was selected for exa...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hu F,Li X,Zhao L,Feng S,Wang C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolongation of bradykinin half-life following kininase inhibition has been proposed as the reason for the potentiation of kinin effects. We have reassessed this assumption by using three different isolated smooth muscle preparations and simultaneously studying the inhibition of kininase activity and the potentiation ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Schaffel R,Rodrigues MS,Assreuy J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smooth muscle cells exhibit phenotypic and mechanical plasticity. During maturation, signalling pathways controlling actin dynamics modulate contractile apparatus-associated gene transcription and contractile apparatus remodelling resulting from length change. Differentiated myocytes accumulate abundant caveolae that ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Halayko AJ,Stelmack GL

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enhancement of the response of an isolated strip of lactating mouse mammary gland to oxytocin, resulting from dilution of the Tyrode solution in which oxytocin is administered, is due to the effects of hypotonicity per se and not to changes in concentration of any of the ions in the bathing solution. Inhibition of...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ferrier BM

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:D-Serine, a recently identified gliotransmitter, serves as an endogenous coagonist binding to the glycine site of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors. However, it is not clear whether this native ligand is able to bind to and modulate alpha-amino-3-hydroxyl-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionate (AMPA) receptors. In the pre...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gong XQ,Zabek RL,Bai D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronically elevated plasma norepinephrine has the potential for supporting function of diseased hearts, yet may also initiate harmful biochemical and (or) structural changes in the myocardium. The present study investigated the dosage-related effects of chronic norepinephrine infusion on markers of myocardial damage ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Siri FM,Smith RM

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dissociated neuronal cultures have become a popular tool to address a number of questions in neurobiology. These culture systems may provide useful paradigms to approach problems related to in vivo neurotoxicity of xenobiotics. The clinical spectra of vinca neurotoxicity and alcohol teratogenesis is reviewed, and some...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Riopelle RJ,Dow KE,Eisenhauer E

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of dantrolene to rabbit red blood cell (RBC) ghosts and bovine serum albumin as models of receptor sites was studied using fluorescence techniques. Dantrolene upon binding to rabbit RBC ghosts and bovine serum albumin showed fluorescence with emission maxima at 495 and 500 nm, respectively. Dantrolene boun...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dehpour AR,Mahmoudian M

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beneficial effects of an antioxidant (N-acetyl-L-cysteine, NAC) and an angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor (ramipril) were assessed in a rat model of insulin resistance induced by 10% glucose feeding for 20 weeks. Treatments with NAC (2 g/kg per day) and ramipril (1 mg/kg per day) were initiated at 16 week...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El Midaoui A,Ismael MA,Lu H,Fantus IG,de Champlain J,Couture R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of the artery wall is exquisitely sensitive to the hemodynamic forces imposed on it by blood pressure and blood flow. This sensitivity regulates growth and remodeling of arteries during development, and it regulates long-term adaptive restructuring of mature vessels. Since many vascular pathologies invol...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Langille BL

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin 1 (ET-1) is a potent vasoconstrictor implicated in the control of blood pressure and renal function. Its effects can be modulated by nitric oxide (NO), which inhibits ET-1 production and action. Recently, we reported that ET-1 production can also be modulated by angiotensin II (AngII) in vivo. To investigat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： D'Amours M,Lebel M,Grose JH,Larivière R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The airway smooth muscle from asthmatic airways produces increased amounts and an altered composition of extracellular matrix proteins. The extracellular matrix can in turn influence the phenotype and function of airway smooth muscle cells, affecting the biochemical, geometric, and mechanical properties of the airway ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tran T,Halayko AJ

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometritis is one of the main diseases that harms the dairy cow industry. Tanshinone IIA (TIIA), a fat-soluble alkaloid isolated from Salviae miltiorrhizae, has been reported to have potent anti-inflammatory properties. However, the anti-inflammatory effects of TIIA on a mouse model of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induc...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lv X,Fu K,Li W,Wang Y,Wang J,Li H,Tian W,Cao R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was designed to characterize restitution kinetics in atrial repolarization of rabbits and to examine effects of K+ or Ca2+ channel blockers on restitution. Action potentials were recorded from rabbit atrial tissue. Restitution curves of phase I amplitude and action potential duration at 50 and 90% repolariza...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Qi A,Tang C,Yeung-Lai-Wah JA,Kerr CR

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00