Comparison of the action of cholinomimetics and pentagastrin on gastric secretion in dogs.

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) mediate protective effects on several metabolic disorders. However, the functions of their metabolites in the early stage of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are largely unknown. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH:Mice were fed a control diet, high-fat diet...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wang C,Liu W,Yao L,Zhang X,Zhang X,Ye C,Jiang H,He J,Zhu Y,Ai D

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Inflammatory response and cytokine activation are markedly stimulated after myocardial infarction, and contribute to cardiac remodelling. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), a pro-inflammatory cytokine, has pleiotropic effects on cardiac remodelling. Adenosine, released by all cell types, binds to a class of G...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Feng W,Song Y,Chen C,Lu ZZ,Zhang Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:We previously demonstrated that chronic hyperinsulinaemia induced by drinking high levels of fructose augments adrenergic nerve-mediated vasoconstriction and suppresses vasodilatation mediated by calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-containing (CGRPergic) vasodilator nerves. In this study, the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Takatori S,Zamami Y,Yabumae N,Hanafusa N,Mio M,Egawa T,Kawasaki H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The drug HA-966 (1-hydroxy-3-amino-pyrrolidone-2), which chemically resembles the cyclic form of GABA, has been studied for neuro-pharmacological properties and for effects on the catecholamine content of the corpus striatum.2. The acute effects on spontaneous behaviour of rodents included flaccid catalepsy and rev...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bonta IL,De Vos CJ,Grijsen H,Hillen FC,Noach EL,Sim AW

更新日期：1971-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Sera of rabbits immunized against a nocotinic receptor-rich fraction, obtained from the electric organ of Torpedo marmorata, were tested for their pharmacological activity on different in vitro preparations. 2 Sera containing antibodies against the nicotinic receptor blocked neuromuscular transmission in the phrenic...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Berti F,Clementi F,Conti-Tronconi B,Folco GC

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of several metabotropic ligands and di- or tripeptides were tested on the binding of [3H]-L(+)-2-amino-4-phosphonobutyric acid ([3H]-L-AP4) on rat mGlu4 receptor. For selected compounds, the functional activity was determined on this receptor using the guanosine-5'[gamma-35S]-thiotriphosphate [gamma-35S]...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Monastyrskaia K,Lundstrom K,Plahl D,Acuna G,Schweitzer C,Malherbe P,Mutel V

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanism by which neuropeptide Y (NPY) potentiates the vasoconstriction induced by alpha 1-adrenoceptor agonists was investigated in 3rd generation mesenteric arterioles of the rat. 2. At a maximally active concentration, nitrendipine (10(-6) M) displaced to the right the concentration-response curves to norad...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Andriantsitohaina R,Stoclet JC

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using recently available selective agonists and antagonists we have examined further our postulate (Apperley et al., 1980) that 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) mediates contraction of dog saphenous vein via a different 5-HT receptor type from that in the rabbit aorta. In the rabbit isolated aorta, ketanserin and spiperone ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Feniuk W,Humphrey PP,Perren MJ,Watts AD

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We investigated the cytoprotective effect of low-dose nitric oxide (NO) on NO-induced cell death in mouse macrophage-like cell line RAW264. 2. Sodium nitroprusside (SNP), an NO donor, at a high concentration (4 mM) released cytochrome c from mitochondria and induced death in RAW264 cells. Acetyl-L-aspartyl-L-glutam...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yoshioka Y,Yamamuro A,Maeda S

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:PPAR-γ has been reported to be a protective regulator in ischaemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) plays a major role in the innate immune response, and its expression is associated with PPAR-γ activation. Several angiotensin receptor blockers pos...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Koh EJ,Yoon SJ,Lee SM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although there are many new specific phosphodiesterase inhibitors with anti-inflammatory activity, none have yet reached the market because of their low therapeutic efficacy. Our study was aimed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic effect of an established phosphodiesterase inhibi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Gomaa A,Elshenawy M,Afifi N,Mohammed E,Thabit R

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A pentobarbitone-anaesthetized canine model of myocardial conduction was developed to evaluate drug effects on intra-atrial (I-A), intra-ventricular (I-V) and atrioventricular (A-V) conduction parameters, both at rest and during electrical pacing of the right atrium or ventricle. Drug effects on the ability of the ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Allely MC,Alps BJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We have investigated the effects of chlorpheniramine, atropine and capsaicin pretreatment on inhaled sodium metabisulphite (MBS)-induced airway microvascular leakage and bronchoconstriction in anaesthetized guinea-pigs in order to clarify the mechanisms involved in these responses. The effects of frusemide and nedo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sakamoto T,Elwood W,Barnes PJ,Chung KF

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The response of pentobarbitone-anaesthetized cats to the intravenous administration of E. coli endotoxin (2 mg/kg) consisted of acute pulmonary vasoconstriction (3-5 min after the injection) and a secondary shock phase characterized by delayed systemic hypotension, decreased central venous pressure and cardiac outpu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Parratt JR,Sturgess RM

更新日期：1974-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Alprenolol, a beta-adrenoceptor blocking drug reported to have the same potency as propranolol in vitro and in vivo, was found to be four times more active than procaine as a local anaesthetic on frog sciatic nerve.2. At doses of 0.125 mg/kg and above alprenolol protected anaesthetized guinea-pigs against ouabain-i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Singh BN,Williams EM

更新日期：1970-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanisms by which nicorandil causes relaxation of rat isolated small mesenteric arteries mounted on a Mulvany myograph was investigated by use of a combination of putatively mechanism-specific antagonists. 2. In arteries precontracted by the thromboxane-mimetic, U46619, the EC50 for cromakalim and levcromakal...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Fujiwara T,Angus JA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By examination of compound action potentials in the saphenous nerve of the anaesthetized rat it has been shown that capsaicin causes a rapid, dose-dependent, failure of conduction in many C-fibres when applied directly to the nerve. A large reduction in C-fibre conduction occurs with concentrations as low as 110 micro...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Baranowski R,Lynn B,Pini A

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 U46619, a prostaglandin H2 endoperoxide analogue and thromboxane A2 agonist, dose-dependently inhibited accumulation and metabolism of thromboxane B2 in the isolated perfused lung of the guinea-pig. At similar doses prostaglandins E1, E2, F1 alpha, F2 alpha, I2, 5, 6-trans-PGE2 and 8-iso-PGE1 were ineffective. 2 U46...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hoult JR,Robinson C

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common electrical cardiac disorder in clinical practice. The major trigger for AF is focal ectopic activity of unknown origin in sleeves of cardiac muscle that extend into the pulmonary veins. We examined the role of noradrenaline in the genesis of ectopic act...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Maupoil V,Bronquard C,Freslon JL,Cosnay P,Findlay I

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Endothelin, a novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells stimulated anion secretion by a cultured secretory epithelium derived from the rat epididymis as measured by changes in short-circuit current (SCC). 2. Stimulation of the SCC was observed when endothelin was added to the basol...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Wong PY,Fu WO,Huang SJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The pulmonary vasculature is constantly exposed to oxygen and reactive oxygen species such as nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide anions which can combine at a near diffusion limited rate, to form the powerful, oxidant, peroxynitrite (ONOO-). When formed in large amounts, ONOO- is thought to contribute to tissue injur...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Chabot F,Mitchell JA,Quinlan GJ,Evans TW

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effects of some chloride channel antagonists were studied on the calcium-activated chloride current (ICl(Ca)) in smooth muscle cells from the rabbit portal vein with the perforated patch technique. 2. 4-Acetamido-4'-isothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulphonic acid (SITS) and 4,4'-diisothiocyanato-stilbene-2,2'-disu...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hogg RC,Wang Q,Large WA

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. To investigate the underlying mechanism for the angiotensin II-induced desensitization of the contractile response during the prolonged stimulation of the vascular smooth muscle, we determined the effects of angiotensin-II on (1) cytosolic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) and tension using fura-2-loaded medial strips o...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ushio-Fukai M,Yamamoto H,Toyofuku K,Nishimura J,Hirano K,Kanaide H

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The pharmacology of the slow afterhyperpolarization (sAHP) was studied in cultured rat hippocampal pyramidal neurones. 2. Clotrimazole, its in vivo metabolite, 2-chlorophenyl-bisphenyl-methanol (CBM) and the novel analogues, UCL 1880 and UCL 2027, inhibited the sI(AHP) with similar IC50s (1-2 microM). 3. Clotrimazo...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Shah MM,Miscony Z,Javadzadeh-Tabatabaie M,Ganellin CR,Haylett DG

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of intravenous sufentanil and pre-administration of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists were tested on a reflex triggered by C-fibre activation. The reflex was elicited by electrical stimulation of the sural nerve and recorded from the ipsilateral biceps femoris muscle in halothane anaesthetiz...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Adam F,Gairard AC,Chauvin M,Le Bars D,Guirimand F

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The effect of a standardized mixture of beta-hydroxyethyl rutosides against oxidative damage in singlet oxygen-challenged isolated cardiac myocytes from adult rats was investigated. The morphology of the myocytes was evaluated as an indicator for cell viability (elongated, rod shaped cells vs. hypercontracted, roun...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Olbrich HG,Grabisch P,Grossmann A,Rinne T,Klepzig H,Mutschler E

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The intravenous infusion of isoprenaline and salbutamol into the greyhound increased heart rate and levels of free fatty acids, lactic acid and glucose. 2 On terminating the infusions of isoprenaline the changes produced declined rapidly but the effects produced by salbutamol were more persistent. When high doses of...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kelly JG,Shanks RG

更新日期：1975-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Quercetin is a natural polyphenolic flavonoid that displays anti-diabetic properties in vivo. Its mechanism of action on insulin-secreting beta cells is poorly documented. In this work, we have analysed the effects of quercetin both on insulin secretion and on the intracellular calcium concentrat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Bardy G,Virsolvy A,Quignard JF,Ravier MA,Bertrand G,Dalle S,Cros G,Magous R,Richard S,Oiry C

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The effects of purported prostaglandin synthesis inhibitors on steroid and prostaglandin (E and F) release from trypsin-dispersed cat adrenocortical cells were investigated. 2 Low indomethacin concentrations potentiated adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH)-evoked prostaglandin and steroid release, whereas higher concentratio...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Laychock SG,Rubin RP

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA, 0.1 to 1 mM) had no significant effect on the amplitude, rise time, half decay time or frequency of miniature endplate potentials (m.e.p.ps) at the frog or mouse neuromuscular junctions in vitro. 2 Addition of GABA (1 mM) to preparations previously treated with 11 mM K+-Ringer did not ...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Smart TG

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00