Pulmonary arterial hypertension: basis of sex differences in incidence and treatment response.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:This study represents a novel characterisation of KCNQ-encoded potassium channels in the vasculature using a variety of pharmacological and molecular tools to determine their role in contractility. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) experiments were un...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yeung SY,Pucovský V,Moffatt JD,Saldanha L,Schwake M,Ohya S,Greenwood IA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanisms underlying the postjunctional blockade induced by phenthonium [N-(4-phenyl) phenacyl 1-hyoscyamine] were investigated in mammalian and amphibian muscles. This muscarinic antagonist was previously shown to enhance specifically the spontaneous acetylcholine (ACh) release at concentrations that blocked ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Souccar C,Lima-Landman MT,Ballejo G,Lapa AJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. It has previously been shown that the antimigraine drug, sumatriptan, a putative 5-HT1D receptor agonist, decreases porcine common carotid and arteriovenous anastomotic blood flows, but slightly increases the arteriolar (capillary) blood flow to the skin and ears. Interestingly, such responses, being mediated by 5-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： De Vries P,Heiligers JP,Villalón CM,Saxena PR

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Temperature, oxygen consumption, electromyographic activity, plasma non-esterified fatty acids and blood sugar were estimated in conscious unrestrained young chickens under conditions of thermoneutrality (31 degrees C) and below thermoneutrality (16 degrees C). In some chickens carotid arterial pressure was also re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Allen DJ,Garg KN,Marley E

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Cerebrovascular remodelling is one of the important risk factors of stroke. The underlying mechanisms are unclear. Integrin β3 and volume-regulated ClC-3 Cl(-) channels have recently been implicated as important contributors to vascular cell proliferation. Therefore, we investigated the role of i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Zeng JW,Wang XG,Ma MM,Lv XF,Liu J,Zhou JG,Guan YY

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclo-oxygenase (COX) inhibitors potentiate opioid inhibition of GABAergic synaptic transmission in rat periaqueductal grey (PAG) (Vaughan et al., 1997). In the present study, the relative contribution of cyclo-oxygenase-1 (COX-1) and COX-2 inhibition to this phenomenon was examined by use of whole-cell patch clamp re...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Vaughan CW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Bradykinin (BK) and Lys-BK are peptides which are released at high nanomolar concentrations into the tear-film of ocular allergic patients. We hypothesized that these peptides may activate specific receptors on the ocular surface, especially the corneal epithelium (CE) and thus the CE cells may represent a potentia...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wiernas TK,Griffin BW,Sharif NA

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of chronic oral administration of desmethylimipramine (DMI) or zimelidine (1.25 and 5 mg kg-1 twice daily for 21 days) were studied on rat whole cortical gamma-aminobutyric acidB (GABAB) binding sites. No changes in receptor affinity or number were found with either drug. 2. A subsequent study of GABAB ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Cross JA,Horton RW

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of the 5-HT(7) receptor antagonist radioligand [(3)H]-SB-269970 to human 5-HT(7(a)) receptors expressed in HEK293 cell membranes (h5-HT(7(a))/293) and to guinea-pig cerebral cortex membranes, was characterized and compared with [(3)H]-5-CT binding. [(3)H]-SB-269970 (1 nM) showed full association with h5-HT(7(a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Thomas DR,Atkinson PJ,Ho M,Bromidge SM,Lovell PJ,Villani AJ,Hagan JJ,Middlemiss DN,Price GW

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study tested the hypothesis that the systemic effects of burn include altered metabolic activity in the heart. Metabolic activity was studied by measuring alterations in cyclic nucleotide levels and protein concentrations in atrial and ventricular muscle in mice at 14 and 22 days after a 20% body surface area ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tomera JF,Martyn JA

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the study was to compare the effects of 14 day subcutaneous infusion of the 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists, m-chlorophenylpiperazine (mCPP, 12 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) and Ro 60-0175 (36 mg kg(-1) day(-1)) and the 5-HT releasing agent and re-uptake inhibitor, d-fenfluramine (6 mg kg(-1) day(-1)), on food and water...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Vickers SP,Benwell KR,Porter RH,Bickerdike MJ,Kennett GA,Dourish CT

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigates the receptor acted upon by imidazoline compounds in the modulation of morphine analgesia. The effects of highly selective imidazoline ligands on the supraspinal antinociception induced by morphine in mice were determined. 2. Intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) or subcutaneous (s.c.) administration ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sánchez-Blázquez P,Boronat MA,Olmos G,García-Sevilla JA,Garzón J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCX) may contribute to triggered activity and transmural dispersion of repolarization, which are substrates of torsades de pointes (TdP) type arrhythmias. This study examined the effects of selective inhibition of the NCX by SEA0400 on the occurrence of dofetilide-induced ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Farkas AS,Makra P,Csík N,Orosz S,Shattock MJ,Fülöp F,Forster T,Csanády M,Papp JG,Varró A,Farkas A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cardiovascular effects of doxazosin, a quinazoline derivative related to prasozin were investigated and compared to prazosin in the rabbit. Radioligand binding studies using rabbit cerebral membranes showed that both doxazosin and prazosin were roughly equipotent at displacing [3H]-prazosin from specific binding s...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hamilton CA,Reid JL,Vincent J

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last five years have witnessed a remarkable resurgence of interest in myocardial reperfusion injury. Reperfusion is absolutely essential to salvage ischaemic myocardium but experimental and clinical studies show that reperfusion-associated injury may mask the full benefits of prompt reperfusion in acute myocardial...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baxter GF,Burley DS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Vasoconstrictions induced by transmural electrical field stimulation were frequency-dependent from 2 to 32 Hz in the rabbit isolated splenic artery. All contractions were abolished in the presence of tetrodotoxin 1 microM or guanethidine 100 microM. Stimulation at a frequency of more than 32 Hz induced both neuroge...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ren LM,Burnstock G

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The action of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), sodium salicylate, aspirin, phenylbutazone and indomethacin was investigated on the migration of human polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) and lymphocytes, using the system of migration of leucocytes from glass capillary tubes. 2. All NSAID produced a dose...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Brown KA,Collins AJ

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenosine enhanced histamine release and prolonged the adenosine 3':5'-cyclic monophosphate (cyclic AMP) response in purified rat peritoneal mast cells following immunological challenge. The effect on the cyclic AMP response, which was blocked by 8-phenyltheophylline, probably results from an interaction with A2-purin...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Church MK,Hughes PJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Tobacco smoke represents a relevant risk factor for coronary heart disease (CHD). Although peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)gamma activation reduces inflammation and atherosclerosis, expression of PPARgamma in cells and its modulation by smoking are poorly investigated. We previou...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Amoruso A,Gunella G,Rondano E,Bardelli C,Fresu LG,Ferrero V,Ribichini F,Vassanelli C,Brunelleschi S

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Eleven analogues of sodium cromoglycate have been tested for their ability to suppress histamine release induced by anti-IgE from passively sensitized human lung fragments in vitro. 2 With the exception of WY 16922, which released histamine at high concentrations, all inhibited histamine release in a linear dose-rel...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Church MK,Gradidge CF

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of a rat brain extract containing clonidine-displacing substance (CDS), a putative endogenous imidazoline receptor ligand, on insulin release from rat and human isolated islets of Langerhans were investigated. 2. CDS was able to potentiate the insulin secretory response of rat islets incubated at 6 mM g...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chan SL,Atlas D,James RF,Morgan NG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin deprival in young rats induces alterations in cerebral arteriolar wall similar to those observed during aging: atrophy and a decrease in distensibility. In this study, we examined the effects of melatonin treatment on cerebral arteriolar structure and distensibility and on the lower limit of cerebral blood f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dupuis F,Régrigny O,Atkinson J,Limiñana P,Delagrange P,Scalbert E,Chillon JM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Nitric oxide (NO)-mediated neurotransmission is impaired in anococcygeus muscle from 8-week streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. This study investigated the effects of insulin treatment, and the duration of diabetes on this impairment. In addition, the effect of in vitro exposure to elevated glucose has been inves...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Way KJ,Reid JJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-2) has been shown to provide a pathway for bioactivation of organic nitrates and to be prone to desensitization in response to highly potent, but not to less potent, nitrates. We therefore sought to support the hypothesis that bioactivation by ALDH-2 cri...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wenzel P,Hink U,Oelze M,Seeling A,Isse T,Bruns K,Steinhoff L,Brandt M,Kleschyov AL,Schulz E,Lange K,Weiner H,Lehmann J,Lackner KJ,Kawamoto T,Münzel T,Daiber A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors exert their cardiovascular effects not only by preventing the formation of angiotensin II (AII), but also by promoting the accumulation of bradykinin in or at the vessel wall. In addition, certain ACE inhibitors have been shown to augment the vasodilator response to br...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hecker M,Blaukat A,Bara AT,Müller-Esterl W,Busse R

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) caused concentration-dependent relaxation in precontracted segments of trachea, hilar bronchus, intrapulmonary bronchus and intrapulmonary artery (IPA) isolated from cat lungs. VIP-induced relaxation responses were abolished by preincubation of tissues with the proteolytic enzyme, a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Altiere RJ,Diamond L

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The influence of different holding potentials (-120 to -70 mV) on the contraction of enzymatically dispersed myocytes from guinea-pig hearts was evaluated. Contractions were elicited by repetitive depolarizations to 0 mV at 0.5 Hz. 2. While ineffective at 140 and 5 mmol l-1 [Na+]o and pipette Na+, respectively, dep...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Mermi J,Yajima M,Ebner F

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of bretylium were investigated on purified Na,K-ATPase from guinea-pig heart and on the Na/K pump in trout erythrocytes, with a view to further identifying the mechanism(s) associated with its antiarrhythmic effects. 2. Na,K-ATPase activity of the thiocyanate-dispersed enzyme was determined by the measu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tiku PE,Nowell PT

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The action of angiotensin on the circular and longitudinal muscle of the human colon has been studied in vitro. The ED50 value (g/ml) of circular muscle was 8.7 x 10(-8) and of longitudinal muscle 3.1 x 10(-8), while the corresponding figures for acetylcholine were 1.6 x 10(-6) and 1.1 x 10(-6), respectively. Angio...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fishlock DJ,Gunn A

更新日期：1970-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An approximate eight fold desensitization of the circular coat of the distal rabbit colon to adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine could be achieved by repeatedly exposing the organ to relatively low concentrations (10-100 microM) of these compounds. The desensitization was specific and reversible after prolon...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Crema A,D'Angelo L,Frigo GM,Lecchini S,Onori L,Tonini M

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00