Edhf 2000. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Paul M. Vanhoutte.
• Editors: Vanhoutte, Paul M
• Contents: Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- 1 What Do Gap Junctions Do Anyway? -- 2 Cardiovascular Gap Junctions: Functional Diversity, Complementation and Sppecialization of Connexins -- 3 Endothelium and Smooth Muscle Pathways for Conduction Along Resistance Microvessels -- 4 Membrane Potential and Calcium Responses Evoked by Acetylcholine in Submucosal Arterioles of the Guinea-Pig Small Intestine -- 5 The Effects of Ouabain, 18-glycyrrhetinic Acid and Connexin-Mimetic Peptides on Intercellular Communication in Cells Expressing a Cx43-GFP Chimeric Protein -- 6 Role of Gap Junctions in Endothelium-Dependant Hyperpolarizaitons -- 7 Heterogeneity of EDHF-Type Relaxations of Rabbit and Rat Arteries Analysed With Peptides Homologous to the Extracellular Loops of Connexins 37, 40 and 43 -- 8 Myoendothelial and Circumferential Spread of Endotelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization in Coronary Arteries -- 9 Direct Myoendothelial Contacts in Human Pulmonary Microvessels -- 10 Role of Gap Junctional Communication in EDHF-Mediated Responses and Mechanisms of K+-Induced Dilations -- 11 Comparison of and Isoforms of Glycyrrhetinic Acid and Carbenoxolone as INhibitors of EDHF-Type Relaxation -- 12 Inhibitory effect of 18--Glycyrrhetinic Acid on the Relaxation Induced by Acetylcholine in the Rat Aorta -- 13 A Central Role for Endothelial Cell Potassium Channels in EDHF-Mediated Responses -- 14 Could the EDHF be K+ in Porcine Coronary Arteries? -- 15 Nitro-L-Arginine/Indomethacin-resistant Relaxations to Acetylcholine in Small Gastric Arteries of the Rat: Effect of Ouabain Plus Ba2+ and Relation to Pottassium Ions -- 16 Effects of Barium, Ouabain and K+ on the Resting Membrane Potential an Endothelium-Dependant Responses in Rat Arteries. 17 EDHF and Potassium: Blockade of Chloride Channels Reveals Relaxations of Rat Mesenteric Artery to Potassium -- 18 Cytochrome P450 2C-A Source of EDHF and Reactive Oxygen Species in the Porcine Coronary Artery -- 19 Cortisol Increases EDHF-Mediated Relaxations in Porcine Coronary Arteries and Up-Regulates the Expression of Cytochrome P450 2C9 -- 20 An Arachidonic Acid Metabolite(s) Produced by the Endothelial Cytochrome P450 Isoform, CYP3A4, Relaxes the Lingual artery of the monkey Via K+ Channel Opening -- 21 EDHF-Mediated Responses Induced by Bradykinin in the Porcine Coronary Artery -- 22 Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Release Mediates Nitric Oxide-Independent Dilatation of Rat Mesenteric Vessels -- 23 Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid and endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization in Porcine Coronary Arteries -- 24 Lipoxygenase-Derived Metabolites of Arachidonic Acid are not Involced in the Endothelium-Dependent Hyperpolarization to Acetylcholine in the Carotid Artery of the Guinea-Pig -- 25 Cytochrome P450 isoforms in the Brain Encode Cell Specific Hyperpolarizing Factors with a Common Mechanism of Action -- 26 Expression of Recombinant Cytochrome P450 Epoxgenase in Rat Brain -- 27 Identification of 11, 12, 15-Trihydroxyeicosatrienoic Acid as the Mediator of Acetylcholine-and Arachidonic Acid-Induced Relaxations in the Rabbit Aorta -- 28 Identification of Hydrogen Peroxide as an Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor in Mice -- 29 Components of the Potassium Currents Underlying the Actions of Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor in Arterioles -- 30 Evidence for Relaxation to Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor (EDHF) in Isolated Small Mesenteric Arteries of the Mouse -- 31 Pharmacological Characterization of potassium Channels in Intact Mesenteric Arteries and Single Smooth Muscle Cells From eNOS-/- and +/+ Mice. 32 EDHF, Which is Not NO, is a Major Endothelium-Dependent Vasodilaor in Mice -- 33 Prostacyclin and Iloprost in the Isolated Carotid Artery of the Guinea-Pig -- 34 Role of Charybdotoxin/Apamin Seensitive Channels in Pulsatile Perfusion-Mediated Coronary Vasodilatation in Vivo -- 35 Essential Role of Estrogen in the EDHF-Mediated Responses of Mesenteric Arteries From Middle-Aged Female Rats: Possible Contribution of Gap Junctional Protein connexin43 -- 36 Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor(EDHF) and Utero-Feto-Placental Circulation in the Rat -- 37 Endothelium-Derived Hyperpolarizing Factor Maintains a Normal Relaxation to Bradykinin Despite Impairment of the Nitric Oxide Pathway in Porcine Coronary Arteries With Regenerated Endothelium -- 38 Mechanisms Underlying the Vasodilatation Caused by Bradykinin in Essential Hypertensive Patients -- 39 Influence of Diabets on Endothelium-Dependant Response in Mesenteric and Femoral Arteries of Rats -- 40 Folate Restores the NO Synthase-and Cyclooxygenase-Resistant renal Vasodilator Response to Acetylcholine in Diabetes -- 41 Resistance of EDHF-Mediated Relaxations to Oxidative Stress in Human Radial Arteries -- 42 Critical Limb Ischemia Results in Different Types of Endothelial Dysfunction Depending on the Vascular Bed Studied -- 43 Potentiated EDHF-Mediated Dilatations in the Rat Middle Cerebral Artery Following Ischemia/Reperfusion -- 44 The EDHF-Dependent But not the NO-Dependent Component of the Acetylcholine-Induced Relaxation of the Rabbit Aorta is Resistant to Ionized Radiation -- 45 Inhibition of Converting Enzyme Prevents the Age-Related Decline in Endothelium-Dependent Hyper Polarization -- 46 Effects of a Converting Enzyme Inhibitor, an AT1-Receptor antagonist and Their Combination on Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension -- 47 EDHF: Gap Junction or Chemical? and Many Other Questions.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 612.13; Anatomy; Pharmacology; Anatomy; Pharmacology; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466576568; 1466576561
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