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Signal transduction in lower esophageal sphincter circular muscle
Piero Biancani and Karen M. Harnett
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo24
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Signal transduction for lower esophageal sphincter (LES) contraction in response to agonists.
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[3H]Arachidonic acid (AA) content and release of LES and esophageal circular smooth muscle.
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Secreted phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) inhibitors and [3H]AA release and LES tone.
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Cyclooxygenase or lipoxygenase inhibitors and LES basal tone.
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Prostaglandin F2 (PGF2)-induced protein kinase C (PKC) activation in LES tone and sustained contraction.
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Mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases mediate PKC-dependent LES basal tone.
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Protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated contraction of LES circular muscle.
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase in esophagitis.
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