Functional characterization and expression of endothelin receptors in rat carotid artery: involvement of nitric oxide, a vasodilator prostanoid and the opening of K+ channels in ETB‐induced relaxation - Tirapelli, Carlos R; Casolari, Debora A; Yogi, Alvaro; Montezano, Augusto C; Tostes, Rita C; Legros, Eurode; D'Orléans‐Juste, Pedro; De Oliveira, Ana M (British journal of pharmacology, 2005)
Keywords: Animals; Biological and medical sciences; Blotting, Western; Carotid Arteries - drug effects; Carotid Arteries - metabolism; Carotid Arteries - physiology; Carotid artery; Endothelin A Receptor Antagonists; Endothelin B Receptor Antagonists; Endothelin-1 - pharmacology; Endothelins - pharmacology; endothelin‐1; Endothelium, Vascular - physiology; Endothelium-Dependent Relaxing Factors - physiology; ETB receptor; Gene Expression - drug effects; Immunohistochemistry; Male; Medical sciences; Nitric Oxide - physiology; Oligopeptides - pharmacology; Peptide Fragments - pharmacology; Peptides, Cyclic - pharmacology; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Piperidines - pharmacology; Potassium Channels - physiology; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Receptor, Endothelin A - genetics; Receptor, Endothelin A - physiology; Receptor, Endothelin B - genetics; Receptor, Endothelin B - physiology; relaxation; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods; RNA, Messenger - genetics; RNA, Messenger - metabolism; Vasodilation - drug effects; Vasodilation - physiology; Vasodilator agent; Rat; Rodentia; relaxation; Ionic channel; Endothelin 1; Inorganic element; Artery; Characterization; ETB receptor; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Blood vessel; Animal; Nitric oxide; ETB endothelin receptor; Prostanoid; Circulatory system; Carotid artery; endothelin-1; Potassium; Endothelin receptor