Extracellular matrix and airway smooth muscle interactions: a target for modulating airway wall remodelling and hyperresponsiveness?

abstract：:A method for the determination of the specific activity of plasma glycerol is described. Anionic contaminants are first removed from deproteinzed plasma by anionic exchange resins (treated plasma). Glycerol in treated plasma is then quantitatively converted to glycerol-3-phosphate (G3P), which is isolated by column ch...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gauthier C,Layberry R

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two natriuretic peptides, atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), are found principally in the heart. In preliminary experiments with mouse kidney cells or slices, we found mouse BNP1-45 much more potent than ANP1-28 in causing elevations of cGMP (>50-fold). The guanylyl cyclase-A (GC-A)...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kishimoto I,Hamra FK,Garbers DL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of isoproterenol and forskolin on tension, cyclic AMP levels, and cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase activity were compared in helical strips of bovine coronary artery. Elevation of cyclic AMP and activation of the protein kinase appeared to be well correlated with relaxation of potassium-contracted arter...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Vegesna RV,Diamond J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to determine if tonic beta-adrenergic control of plasma renin activity (PRA) during dietary sodium restriction is due to stimulation of renal beta-adrenoceptors, extrarenal beta-adrenoceptors, or both. Experiments were performed in six conscious resting uninephrectomized dogs with chronically i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Blair ML,Gengo FM

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has investigated the oral activity, following intragastric administration, of three potent and long-acting peptide-based bradykinin antagonists, HOE-140, B9430, and CP-0597, in the anesthetized rat, using bradykinin-induced hypotension. Two of the three bradykinin antagonists, B9430 and HOE-140, but not CP-...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Whalley ET,Hanson WL,Stewart JM,Gera L

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a spectrum of chronic liver conditions that are characterized by steatosis, inflammation, fibrosis, and liver injury. The global prevalence of NAFLD is rapidly increasing in proportion to the rising incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Because NAFLD is a multifaceted di...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Sid V,Siow YL,O K

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A knowledge of the mechanical properties of valve tissue is a necessary prerequisite for a better understanding of valvular behavior and design of prosthetic heart valves. Elastic response of chordae tendineae under strain rates of 0.05 cm min(-1)(6.25% min(-1)) to 12.7 cm min(-1)(1600% min(-1)) were obtained by the a...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lim KO,Boughner DR

更新日期：1975-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OH-dopamine) and of a cholesterol rich diet on the plasma and aortic cholesterol of female rats were studied. Both the diet and the 6-OH-dopamine produced an important increase in plasmatic and aortic cholesterol. A synergistic effect of these two treatments was observed on the plasm...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lelorier J,Tremblay M,de Champlain J,Gattereau A,Davingnon J

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of some components of ischemia on the oscillatory (Vos) and nonoscillatory (V(ex)) potentials and respective currents (Ios and Iex), as well as their mechanisms, were studied in guinea pig isolated ventricular myocytes by means of a single-microelectrode, discontinuous voltage clamp method. Repetitive acti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Liu QY,Vassalle M

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Volume overload is a common phenomenon in patients with chronic kidney disease that is associated with cardiovascular risk factors. However, its contribution to the development of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in those patients is not fully understood. Thus, the present work investigated the effect of salt-induced v...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Mahmoud MM,Shamseldeen AM,Rashed LA,Fares AE,Shamaa A,Gharib DM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that calpain, the Ca2+-sensitive cysteine protease, gets involved in atherogenesis. This study aimed to investigate the effects of calpain inhibitor I (CAI, 5 mg/kg per day) with or without NG-nitro-l-arginine-methyl ester (l-NAME) (100 mg/kg per day), the inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yu L,Yin M,Yang X,Lu M,Tang F,Wang H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the influence of dopaminergic agents on the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene in relation with lipid levels in chronic mild stress (CMS). Mice subjected to CMS were treated with simvastatin (10 mg/kg, per os (orally)) along with bromocriptine (2 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Rana DG,Patel AK,Joshi CG,Jhala MK,Goyal RK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rats anesthetized with alpha-chloralose, doses of 0.1, 0.5, and 1 g/kg of ethanol produced an upward shift of baroreflex curves constructed by plotting the heart rate response against mean arterial pressure following evoked rises in mean arterial pressures by phenylephrine or angiotensin II. Whereas the upward shif...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abdel-Rahman AR,Russ R,Strickland JA,Wooles WR

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to test whether boswellic acids add to the antitumor effects of doxorubicin against solid tumors of Ehrlich's ascites carcinoma (EAC) grown in mice, and to investigate the protective effects of boswellic acids against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity. Sixty-four female Swiss albino mice bearing EAC ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ali SA,Zaitone SA,Moustafa YM

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main factors of myocardial ischemia are hypoxia, substrate deprivation, acidosis, and high extracellular potassium concentration ([K+]e), but the influence of each of these factors has not yet been evaluated in a cardiomyocyte (CM) culture system. Electromechanical responses to the individual and combined componen...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tissier C,Bes S,Vandroux D,Fantini E,Rochette L,Athias P

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we examined the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the accumulation of various mRNAs encoding heat shock proteins (hsps) and proto-oncogenes in Xenopus A6 kidney epithelial cells. Hydrogen peroxide treatment enhanced the accumulation of hsp90, hsp70, hsp30, c-jun, c-fos, and actin mRNAs with distinct tempor...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Muller M,Gauley J,Heikkila JJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise is a powerful therapy for preventing the onset of and slowing the progression of cardiovascular disease. Increased shear stress during exercise improves vascular homeostasis by both decreasing reactive oxygen species and increasing nitric oxide bioavailability in the endothelium. While these observations are ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Durand MJ,Gutterman DD

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mepivacaine is an aminoamide local anesthetic with an intermediate duration that intrinsically produces vasoconstriction both in vivo and in vitro. This study investigated the arachidonic acid metabolic pathways involved in mepivacaine-induced contraction, and elucidated the associated cellular mechanism with a partic...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Lee HM,Ok SH,Sung HJ,Eun SY,Kim HJ,Lee SH,Kang S,Shin IW,Lee HK,Chung YK,Choi MJ,Bae SI,Sohn JT

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro coronary artery responsiveness to angiotensin I, angiotensin II, noradrenaline, phenylephrine, BHT 920, and potassium chloride together with functional relaxation to acetylcholine was investigated in dogs with pacing-induced heart failure treated with enalapril (oral administration of 10 mg.day-1) for a mean ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Forster C,Larosa G,Armstrong PW

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal penile erectile function is dependent on arterial adequacy, appropriate venous occlusion, neurohumoral factors, and finally the relaxation of penile cavernous trabecular smooth muscle. The present experiments were designed to test whether compounds related to endothelium-derived relaxing factor have a role in p...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Heaton JP

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Redistribution of blood flow away from resting skeletal muscles does not occur during anemic hypoxia even when whole body oxygen uptake is not maintained. In the present study, the effects of sympathetic nerve stimulation on both skeletal muscle and hindlimb blood flow were studied prior to and during anemia in anesth...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kubes P,Chapler CK,Cain SM

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis, receptor binding, and agonist activity of a series of truncated atrial natriuretic analogs (ANF) are described. These analogs incorporate two portions of the native 28 amino peptide, the eight amino acids C-terminal to Cys7, and two amino acids from the C-terminus (phenylalanine and arginine), into disu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Holleman WH,Budzik GP,Devine EM,Pollock DM,Opgenorth TJ,Thomas AM,von Geldern TW,Rockway TW

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical stimulation of the diencephalon and rostral mesencephalon produced a biphasic pressor response consisting of an initial sharp rise followed by a more prolonged elevation in blood pressure. Active sites from which comparable responses could be evoked were found in the ventral medial and lateral hypothalamus,...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Gauthier P

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The secretion of cyclic AMP, cyclic GMP, protein, calcium, and bicarbonate in the pancreatic juice of three nonanesthetized dogs with chronic gastric and duodenal Thomas cannulae has been studied. Intravenous infusions of increasing doses of cholecystokinin-pancreozymin (CCK) (1.5, 3, 6, 12, 24 Crick Harper-Raper (CHR...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cailla HL,Sarles H,Singer MV

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raloxifene (RLX), a selective oestrogen receptor modulator, has oestrogen-agonist effects on bone, lipoproteins, and homocysteine and oestrogen-antagonist activity in the breast and uterus, positioning it as a potential drug for long-term prevention of coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women. To further evaluat...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Boudjeltia KZ,Durez P,Oberweis D,Guillaume M,Remacle C,Cauchie P,Vanhaeverbeek M,Brohée D,Ducobu J,Gregoir C

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of modulators of Ca-ATPase and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity on placental calcium and phosphorus transfer were studied using the in situ perfused guinea pig placenta. The diuretics ethacrynic acid and furosemide had no significant effect on placental calcium and phosphorus transfer when injected into ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： McKercher HG,Derewlany LO,Radde IC

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme plays a critical role in blood pressure regulation because it is required by a number of enzymes that synthesize vascular modulators, including nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP), endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor (EDHF), and prostacyclin. The goal of thi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Soong J,Adams MA,Nakatsu K

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigates the antidiabetogenic effects of Murraya koenigii (L.) Spr. and Ocimum tenuflorum L. on streptozotocin-induced diabetic Swiss mice. Treatment with extracts of M. koenigii (chloroform; MKC) and O. tenuflorum (aqueous; OTA) resulted in proper glucose utilization with an increase in liver gl...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dusane MB,Joshi BN

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some current questions regarding muscle afferent receptors are discussed. These include the significance of variable distribution patterns of muscle spindles in different muscles and of differences in intrinsic spindle morphology. The significance of the very large and variable population of small myelinated afferent ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Abrahams VC

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to investigate whether and how triiodothyronine (T3) affects renal function in an experimental model of chronic kidney disease. Twenty-four female rats were divided into the following groups: sham-operated control group (n = 8), 5/6 nephrectomized group (Nx, n = 8), and 5/6 nephrectomized group...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： El Agaty SM

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00