 Nifedipine
"Nifedipine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A potent vasodilator agent with calcium antagonistic action. It is a useful anti-anginal agent that also lowers blood pressure.
| Descriptor ID |
D009543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.203.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Adalat- Adalat
- Bayer Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine Bayer Brand
Corinfar- Corinfar
- Korinfar
- AWD Pharma Brand of Nifedipine
Nifangin- Nifangin
- Orion Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine Orion Brand
Procardia- Procardia
- Pfizer Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine Pfizer Brand
Vascard- Vascard
- Adcock Ingram Brand of Nifedipine
Cordipin- Cordipin
- KRKA Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine KRKA Brand
- Cordipine
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| 1984 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1985 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1987 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1990 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1993 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1996 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nifedipine" by people in Profiles.
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Makarenko VV, Nanduri J, Raghuraman G, Fox AP, Gadalla MM, Kumar GK, Snyder SH, Prabhakar NR. Endogenous H2S is required for hypoxic sensing by carotid body glomus cells. . 2012 Nov 01; 303(9):C916-23.
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Fujimura N, Noma K, Hata T, Soga J, Hidaka T, Idei N, Fujii Y, Mikami S, Maruhashi T, Iwamoto Y, Kihara Y, Chayama K, Kato H, Liao JK, Higashi Y. Mineralocorticoid receptor blocker eplerenone improves endothelial function and inhibits Rho-associated kinase activity in patients with hypertension. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2012 Feb; 91(2):289-97.
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Soukhova-O'Hare GK, Ortines RV, Gu Y, Nozdrachev AD, Prabhu SD, Gozal D. Postnatal intermittent hypoxia and developmental programming of hypertension in spontaneously hypertensive rats: the role of reactive oxygen species and L-Ca2+ channels. Hypertension. 2008 Jul; 52(1):156-62.
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Kajimoto H, Hashimoto K, Bonnet SN, Haromy A, Harry G, Moudgil R, Nakanishi T, Rebeyka I, Thébaud B, Michelakis ED, Archer SL. Oxygen activates the Rho/Rho-kinase pathway and induces RhoB and ROCK-1 expression in human and rabbit ductus arteriosus by increasing mitochondria-derived reactive oxygen species: a newly recognized mechanism for sustaining ductal constriction. Circulation. 2007 Apr 03; 115(13):1777-88.
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Elsen FP, Ramirez JM. Postnatal development differentially affects voltage-activated calcium currents in respiratory rhythmic versus nonrhythmic neurons of the pre-Bötzinger complex. J Neurophysiol. 2005 Aug; 94(2):1423-31.
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Bouyer P, Zhou Y, Boron WF. An increase in intracellular calcium concentration that is induced by basolateral CO2 in rabbit renal proximal tubule. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2003 Oct; 285(4):F674-87.
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Elliott WJ. Hypertensive emergencies. Crit Care Clin. 2001 Apr; 17(2):435-51.
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Smith AC, Toto R, Bakris GL. Differential effects of calcium channel blockers on size selectivity of proteinuria in diabetic glomerulopathy. Kidney Int. 1998 Sep; 54(3):889-96.
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White WB, Black HR, Weber MA, Elliott WJ, Bryzinski B, Fakouhi TD. Comparison of effects of controlled onset extended release verapamil at bedtime and nifedipine gastrointestinal therapeutic system on arising on early morning blood pressure, heart rate, and the heart rate-blood pressure product. Am J Cardiol. 1998 Feb 15; 81(4):424-31.
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Mattiello JA, Margulies KB, Jeevanandam V, Houser SR. Contribution of reverse-mode sodium-calcium exchange to contractions in failing human left ventricular myocytes. Cardiovasc Res. 1998 Feb; 37(2):424-31.
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