N-acetylcysteine a possible protector against indomethacin-induced peptic ulcer: crosstalk between antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiapoptotic mechanisms.

abstract：:Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium handling in diaphragm was compared between mdx mice (7-8 weeks old) and age-matched controls. The total SR Ca2+ load was released from the SR by rapidly cooling muscle bundles from 22 to -1 degree C. The plateau amplitude of the rapid cooling contracture (RCC) was considered as an i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Khammari A,Péréon Y,Baudet S,Noireaud J

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine if there was a synergistic or additive effect of a thiazolidinedione derivative (rosiglitazone (ROS)) and a vanadium compound (bis(ethylmaltolato)oxovanadium(IV) (BEOV)) on plasma glucose and insulin levels following chronic oral administration to Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Yuen VG,Bhanot S,Battell ML,Orvig C,McNeill JH

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single-electrode voltage-clamp experiments were made on CA1 neurons in the presence of tetrodotoxin and K channel blockers. Applications of halothane (1-3% v/v) for 3-10 min caused a similar marked and reversible depression of slow inward currents (probably Ca currents) evoked by depolarizing pulses from a holding pot...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Krnjević K,Puil E

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents data showing that the sympathetic autonomic areas of the cat thoracolumbar spinal cord contain nerve terminals and fibres with immunoreactivity for at least seven neuropeptides. The distribution in the intermediolateral cell column of the terminals and fibres which contain enkephalin-, neuropeptide...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Krukoff TL

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to assess the cardioprotective effect of dual NEP-ACE inhibition in relation to endogenous cardiac bradykinin (BK), its active metabolite des-Arg9-BK, endogenous brain natriuretic peptides (BNP), and cGMP. Rats were treated with the dual metallopeptidase inhibitor, omapatrilat, o...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Dumoulin MJ,Adam A,Burnett J,Heublein D,Yamaguchi N,Lamontagne D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mesangial cell is a contractile secreting cell found in a key position in the renal glomerulus. Several kidney and systemic diseases are associated with dysfunctions of the mesangial cells. We compared the effect of bradykinin (BK; B2 agonist) and des-Arg9-bradykinin (DBK; B1 agonist) on intracellular calcium mobi...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Girolami JP,Ouardani M,Bascands JL,Pécher C,Bompart G,Leung-Tack J

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heme oxygenase (HO) has a central role in cellular antioxidant defences and vascular protection, and it may mediate pleiotropic actions of drugs used in cardiovascular therapy. We investigated whether long-term use of statins upregulates HO activity and increases carbon monoxide (CO) and bilirubin levels in vivo. Adul...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Muchova L,Wong RJ,Hsu M,Morioka I,Vitek L,Zelenka J,Schröder H,Stevenson DK

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcranial magnetic stimulation over the motor cortex was used to construct a map of the effective sites on the scalp from which short-latency electromyogram responses could be evoked in muscles proximal to either an amputation stump (two subjects) or an ischemically anesthetized forearm (two subjects). At rest, the...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Ridding MC,Rothwell JC

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the effects of inhibiting the carbonic anhydrase activity of rat soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles on the isometric contractile properties and the resistance to fatigue. SOL and EDL muscles from female rats were incubated in vitro in the presence of methazolamide, a specific inhibitor of carbonic ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Côté C,Tremblay D,Riverin H,Frémont P,Rogers PA

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present research was to assess the relationship between ABCB1 (G2677T/A, C3435T) polymorphisms and lipid homeostasis as well as risk of liver injury induced by atorvastatin in in-patients from China. The lipid levels (total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, triglycerides) as well as metabolic enzymes of hepar...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Qu KK,Zhang CN,Dong LX,Wang SS,Zhang ZD,Zhang L

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogenic study of the hepatic biotransformation enzymes revealed the early development of both oxidative and conjugative enzymes in male chickens ranging in age from 3 to 12 weeks. Although the rate of microsomal cytochrome P450 reactions progressively increased during the first 9 weeks, it decreased thereafter. ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Coulet M,Eeckhoutte C,Galtier P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the mechanisms of exercise intolerance and muscle fatigue, which are commonly observed in congestive heart failure, we studied sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-transport in the hind-leg skeletal muscle of rats subjected to myocardial infarction (MI). Sham-operated animals were used for compari...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Shah KR,Ganguly PK,Netticadan T,Arneja AS,Dhalla NS

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify the beneficial effects of cilnidipine, an L- and N-type calcium channel blocker, which were clinically observed against diastolic dysfunction in hypertrophied hearts of hypertensive patients, we investigated the effects of cilnidipine on cardiac remodeling and enhanced gene expression in stroke-prone, spont...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Takemori K,Ishida H,Dote K,Yamamoto K,Ito H

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of the febrile response to E. coli lipopolysaccharide (1.5 micrograms/kg, i.v.) in thyroid-deficient rabbits has been studied. Twenty-eight New Zealand White rabbits weighing 2.1-2.3 kg were used. Hypothyroidism was induced by treatment with propylthiouracil (100 or 200 mg/kg body wt./15 days). Thyroid...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Macari M,Pelá IR,Silva CA

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis was examined that phenoxybenzamine enhances both the overflow of noradrenaline and the mechanical response in guinea pig vas deferens by blockade of presynaptic inhibitory receptors located on adrenergic nerve terminals which serve a negative-feedback function. Preparations were stimulated with a consta...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kalsner S

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction controls the airway caliber. Airway narrowing is exaggerated in obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The mechanism by which ASM tone is dysregulated in disease is not clearly understood. Recent research on ion channels, parti...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Jha A,Sharma P,Anaparti V,Ryu MH,Halayko AJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-mitogenic agents currently used to prevent restenosis in drug-eluting stents delay re-endothelialization. Delayed re-endothelialization is now considered as the main cause of late stent thrombosis with drug-eluting stents, which emphasizes the need for new treatments. We have shown that systemic insulin treatment...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chiang S,Breen DM,Guo J,Mori Y,Giacca A

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rats received a daily injection of 2, 6, or 12 mg kg-1 bethanechol for 7 or 14 days. Pancreatic weight and content of protein, amylase, and chymotrypsinogen were increased in a dose and time dependent fashion by bethanechol. After 14 days of treatment with the highest dose, pancreatic weight and total pancreatic DNA c...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Morisset J,Jolicoeur L,Caussignac Y,Solomon TE

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical and lifestyle data were collected from 62 postmenopausal women who had declined hormone replacement therapy. Potential predictor variables were examined for their associations with bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and femoral neck as assessed by dual x-ray absorptiometry. Body weight demonstrate...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Hoover PA,Webber CE,Beaumont LF,Blake JM

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant tension development resulting from the administration of lanthanum salts (La3+) to isolated aorta tissues was observed in preparations from the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) but not in preparation from age-matched normotensive Wistar rats (NWR). The response to La3+ was significantly greater in tiss...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Goldberg MT,Triggle CR

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence for a beneficial effect of ginseng on cardiac pathology. Here, we determined whether North American ginseng can modulate the deleterious effects of the β-adrenoceptor agonist isoproterenol on cardiac hypertrophy and function using in vitro and in vivo approaches. Isoproterenol was administ...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Tang X,Gan XT,Rajapurohitam V,Huang CX,Xue J,Lui EM,Karmazyn M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Techniques to dissociate different sites or stores important for Ca2+ entry or release in smooth muscle include washouts of 45Ca in cold La3+ -substituted solutions. Scatchard-coordinate plots of Ca2+ uptake, substitution of Sr2+ for Ca2+, and both desaturation and rate coefficient plots. Rabbit aortic smooth muscle i...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Weiss GB,Karaki H,Murakami K

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prevention and treatment of Alzheimer disease are urgent problems for elderly people in developed countries. We previously reported that nobiletin, a poly-methoxylated flavone from the citrus peel, improved the symptoms in various types of animal models of memory loss and activated the cAMP responsive element (CRE)-de...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Takito J,Kimura J,Kajima K,Uozumi N,Watanabe M,Yokosuka A,Mimaki Y,Nakamura M,Ohizumi Y

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectins, known to recognize endothelial cell adhesion molecules, have been shown to release endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) from blood vessels. We investigated the effects of different leukocyte-type cells to determine if these cells, by interacting with the endothelium, could release EDRF from the circumfl...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kleha JF,Devesly P,Johns A

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isolated human vas deferens (HVD) has been the subject of a limited number of pharmacological studies. Furthermore, it has not been established whether the local or general anesthetics used in obtaining the HVD affect the responses of this isolated tissue. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine if the l...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Kawamoto JH,Owen JA,Morales A,Nakatsu K

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Western societies, the incidence of diet-related diseases is progressively increasing due to greater availability of hypercaloric food and a sedentary lifestyle. Obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, and neurodegeneration are major diet-related pathologies that share a common pathogenic denominator of low-grade infla...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Magrone T,Perez de Heredia F,Jirillo E,Morabito G,Marcos A,Serafini M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contractile recoverability of isolated portal veins made hypodynamic by removal of glucose from the perfusion medium by diverse exogenous substrates was studied. It was found that glucose, mannose, pyruvate, lactate, acetate, and butyrate readily restored contraction. The effects of anoxia and metabolic inhibitors...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Cremer-Lacuara MG,Lacuara JL,Fiol de Cuneo M,Ruiz RD

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms responsible for microbially induced epithelial apoptosis and increased intestinal permeability remain unclear. This study assessed whether purified bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) increases epithelial apoptosis and permeability and whether these changes are dependent on caspase-3 activation. In nontu...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Chin AC,Flynn AN,Fedwick JP,Buret AG

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of volume, pressure, and length were made on eight segments of human cerebral arteries perfused with chymotrypsin (CT) (EC 3.4.21.1) solution (pH = 7.8) for no more than 19 h, and on nine arterial segments perfused with combined enzyme (CT, trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4), elastase (EC 3.4.21.11)) solutions (pH = 7....

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Damude LC,Cope DA,Roach MR

更新日期：1977-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of appearance of unlabelled glucose was calculated from changes in plasma glucose specific radioactivity after a single intravenous injection of labelled glucose and compared with the actual constant infusion rate of unlabelled glucose into an anaesthetized dog with all sources of endogenous glucose productio...

journal_title：Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology

authors： Allsop JR,Wolfe RR,DiStephano JJ 3rd,Burke JF

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00