Atorvastatin reverses the effects of interleukin-1 (IL-1) on membrane potential in cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells by activating big conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BK) and scavenging hydrogen dioxide

Ying Yang#; Bo Yu; Yuan Gao#; Guiping Wu

doi:10.5897/AJB11.1516

African Journal of
Biotechnology

Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
Language: English
ISSN: 1684-5315
DOI: 10.5897/AJB
Start Year: 2002
Published Articles: 12515

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Atorvastatin reverses the effects of interleukin-1Î² (IL-1Î²) on membrane potential in cultured rat aorta smooth muscle cells by activating big conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (BK) and scavenging hydrogen dioxide

Ying Yang1#, Bo Yu1*, Yuan Gao2# and Guiping Wu3,

1Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, China Medical University, 110001, P. R. China. 2Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an JiaoTong University,710049, P. R. China. 3Department of Cardiology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Shenyang Medical College,110002, P. R. China.
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Article Number - 725A7A539005
Vol.10(76), pp. 17586-17592 , November 2011
https://doi.org/10.5897/AJB11.1516

Accepted: 28 October 2011
Published: 30 November 2011

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