Spasmolytic effects of cadmium and zinc ions upon the guinea-pig isolated ileum preparation.

abstract：:The detrimental actions of leptin on cardiovascular function are well established. Smith et al. report the novel finding of a reduction of infarct size by exogenous leptin when given at reperfusion. The involvement of the reperfusion injury salvage kinase (RISK) pathway in such reduction of infarct size and its relati...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Heusch G

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The stimulatory effect of neuropeptide Y (NPY) on food intake is well established but the roles of the receptor subtypes Y(1) and Y(5) have been difficult to define. We have studied the effects of two novel Y(1)-preferring and two Y(5)-preferring agonists on feeding in guinea pigs. 2. The Y(1)-preferring receptor a...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Lecklin A,Lundell I,Salmela S,Männistö PT,Beck-Sickinger AG,Larhammar D

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Des-Arg9 bradykinin (DAB), a classical B1-kinin receptor agonist was without effect when applied to the basolateral surface of rat isolated colon epithelium. Three hours after tissues were isolated DAB caused, after a delay of up to 2 min, a maintained increase of short circuit current (SCC). 2. The SCC increase in...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Teather S,Cuthbert AW

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The responses of excitatory junctions on locust skeletal muscle fibres to iontophoretically applied L-glutamic acid and DL-ibotenic acid, a rigidly extended analogue of glutamate, were recorded by means of intracellular microelectrodes.2 Iontophoresis of L-glutamate to junctional sites produced transient depolarizat...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Clark RB,Gration KA,Usherwood PN

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The rat isolated superior mesenteric bed, perfused with Krebs-Henseleit solution containing 10 microM indomethacin and precontracted with 100 microM methoxamine, was used to study the vasorelaxation produced by some fragments of endothelin-1, by two alanyl-substituted analogues, and by human and porcine proendothel...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Douglas SA,Hiley CR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. We studied the effects of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of prostanoid EP receptor ligands on vagally stimulated gastric acid secretion in rats anaesthetized with urethane. 2. Administration of misoprostol (EP3/EP2 receptor agonist) and sulprostone (EP3/EP1 receptor agonist) reduced vagally mediate...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Yokotani K,Okuma Y,Osumi Y

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are effective anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs although they also induce unwanted side effects due to the inhibition of the physiological effects regulated by prostaglandins. This has led to the search for new compounds with fewer side effects, such as the nitro-N...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Romero-Sandoval EA,Mazario J,Howat D,Herrero JF

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Transient receptor potential melastatin 3 (TRPM3) proteins form non-selective but calcium-permeable membrane channels, rapidly activated by extracellular application of the steroid pregnenolone sulphate and the dihydropyridine nifedipine. Our aim was to characterize the steroid binding site by an...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Drews A,Mohr F,Rizun O,Wagner TF,Dembla S,Rudolph S,Lambert S,Konrad M,Philipp SE,Behrendt M,Marchais-Oberwinkler S,Covey DF,Oberwinkler J

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of arachidonic acid (AA) to the isolated perfused heart of the rat usually produced biphasic coronary responses characterized by initial vasoconstriction followed by prolonged vasodilatation. However, some responses were predominantly vasoconstrictor or vasodilator. The non-steroidal anti-inflammato...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Belo SE,Talesnik J

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Deletion of the cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) gene causes impairment of kidney development, but the effect of selective inhibitors of COX-2 (coxibs) or the non-selective inhibitors of COX (the classical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; NSAIDs) on kidney development was less well described. EXPE...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Olliges A,Wimmer S,Nüsing RM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:The dietary trace amines tyramine and beta-phenylethylamine (beta-PEA) can increase blood pressure. However, the mechanisms involved in the vascular effect of trace amines have not been fully established. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether trace amine-dependent vasoconstriction was...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Herbert AA,Kidd EJ,Broadley KJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Angiotensin I (AI) and AII elicited a dose-dependent potentiation of contractions by rat vas deferens produced by low frequency nerve stimulation without enhancing the contraction produced by exogenous noradrenaline. The AII-induced presynaptic potentiation was blocked by the specific antagonist cysteine(8)-AII.2 Th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Johnson EM Jr,Marshall GR,Needleman P

更新日期：1974-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 Because normal human blood platelets contain higher concentrations of taurine than any other amino acid, and have a platelet: plasma concentration gradient exceeding 400: 1, we isolated the cells in vitro and incubated them with radioactively labelled taurine in order to investigate the existence of a metabolically-...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ahtee L,Boullin DJ,Paasonen MK

更新日期：1974-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The actions on the taenia of 4-(m-chlorophenylcarbamoyloxy)-2-butynyl-trimethylammonium chloride (McN-A-343), N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidyl acetate methobromide (AHR-602), tetramethylammonium (TMA) and choline phenyl ether have been examined and compared with the actions of acetylcholine, nicotine and 1,1-dimethyl-4-phenyl...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hobbiger F,Mitchelson F,Rand MJ

更新日期：1969-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. A series of GABAB receptor antagonists were tested against (+/-)-baclofen for activity on the presynaptic GABAB receptor in the rat vas deferens. 2. All the antagonists tested caused a rightward shift in the concentration-response curve to (+/-)-baclofen. 3. pA2 values calculated from full Schild analysis were as f...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Hills JM,Larkin MM,Howson W

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1 The N6-2-O-dibutyryl derivative of adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (db cyclic AMP) has been micro-injected into the third cerebral ventricle of the unanaesthetized, restrained mouse and the effects on body temperature and thermoregulatory activities observed. 2 Db cyclic AMP (4, 16 and 32 micrograms) injected intracer...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Dascombe MJ,Milton AS,Nyemitei-Addo I,Pertwee RG

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The aim of the present study was to examine whether ramipril induces delayed myocardial protection against free radical injuries ex vivo and to determine the possible role of the bradykinin B2-nitric oxide (NO) pathway, prostaglandins(PGs) and protein synthesis in this delayed adaptive response. 2. Rats were pretre...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Jin ZQ,Chen X

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Recent findings suggest that the noxious gas H(2)S is produced endogenously, and that physiological concentrations of H(2)S are able to modulate pain and inflammation in rodents. This study was undertaken to evaluate the ability of endogenous and exogenous H(2)S to modulate carrageenan-induced sy...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ekundi-Valentim E,Santos KT,Camargo EA,Denadai-Souza A,Teixeira SA,Zanoni CI,Grant AD,Wallace J,Muscará MN,Costa SK

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hind paw oedema in rats, measured by plethysmography or extravasation of Evans Blue dye into the skin, after subplantar injection of submaximal doses of carrageenin (1-100 micrograms) was significantly increased for 4 h during kininase II inhibition with captopril (1 mg kg-1, s.c.). Submaximal oedema, as assessed by p...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Boura AL,Svolmanis AP

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study investigated whether (a) cannabinoid CB(1) receptor knockout (CB(1)(-/-)) mice displayed altered gastrointestinal transit and (b) cannabinoid CB(1) and opioid receptors functionally interact in the regulation of gastrointestinal transit. 2. Gastrointestinal transit was assessed by the Whole Gastrointesti...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Carai MA,Colombo G,Gessa GL,Yalamanchili R,Basavarajappa BS,Hungund BL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The mechanisms of action of semotiadil fumarate, a novel Ca2+ antagonist, were examined by measuring the cytosolic Ca2+ level ([Ca2+]i) and force of contraction in porcine coronary arteries, and by determining [3H]-pyrilamine binding to bovine cerebellar membranes. 2. Semotiadil or verapamil (0.1 and 1 microM) inhi...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kageyama M,Yanagisawa T,Taira N

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. The profiles of cyclo-oxygenase (COX) and nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isoforms were determined in the rat carrageenin-induced pleurisy model of acute inflammation. 2. The enzymes were assessed in peripheral blood leucocyte (PBL) cell pellets taken from untreated animals and at 2, 6 and 24 h after injection of the i...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Tomlinson A,Appleton I,Moore AR,Gilroy DW,Willis D,Mitchell JA,Willoughby DA

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:An ever-growing wealth of information on current drugs and their pharmacological effects is available from online databases. As our understanding of systems biology increases, we have the opportunity to predict, model and quantify how drug combinations can be introduced that outperform convention...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Benson HE,Watterson S,Sharman JL,Mpamhanga CP,Parton A,Southan C,Harmar AJ,Ghazal P

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol and oxysterol sulfates are important regulators of lipid metabolism, inflammation, cell apoptosis, and cell survival. Among the sulfate-based lipids, cholesterol sulfate (CS) is the most studied lipid both quantitatively and functionally. Despite the importance, very few studies have analysed and linked th...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Sanchez LD,Pontini L,Marinozzi M,Sanchez-Aranguren LC,Reis A,Dias IHK

更新日期：2020-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Involvement of cholinergic mechanisms in the contractile response to Leu13-motilin (LMT, KW-5139) was investigated in rabbit duodenal segments, and longitudinal muscle-myenteric plexus (LM-MP) preparations preincubated wtih [3H]-choline. 2. Contractile response to LMT (0.1 nM-1 microM) consisted of an initial rapid...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Kitazawa T,Ishii A,Taniyama K

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Obesity is a risk factor for several inflammation-based diseases including arthritis. We investigated the anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory effects of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist rimonabant in lean and diet-induced obese female rats with arthritis induced by complete Freund's adj...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Croci T,Zarini E

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Series of analogues of acetylcholine have been prepared in which the acetyl group was replaced by phenylacetyl, cyclohexylacetyl, diphenylacetyl, dicyclohexylacetyl, (+/-)-phenylcyclohexylacetyl, benziloyl and (+/-)-phenylcyclohexylhydroxyacetyl groups and the trimethylammonium group was replaced by Me(2)EtN(+), Me...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Abramson FB,Barlow RB,Mustafa MG,Stephenson RP

更新日期：1969-09-01 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：BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Although trace amines (TAs) are historically considered 'false neurotransmitters' on the basis of their ability to induce catecholamine release, there is evidence that they directly affect neuronal activity via TA receptors, ligand-gated receptor channels and/or sigma receptors. Here, we have inv...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Ledonne A,Federici M,Giustizieri M,Pessia M,Imbrici P,Millan MJ,Bernardi G,Mercuri NB

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipocortin (annexin) 1 is a putative mediator of the inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids. By flow cytometric analysis (FACS) we have studied the effect of dexamethasone on the cellular localization of lipocortin 1. U-937 cells were incubated with or without 10 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) to induce cel...

journal_title：British journal of pharmacology

authors： Solito E,Nuti S,Parente L

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00