title: Histamine H2 receptors on foetal-bovine articular chondrocytes.
abstract: The dose-response curve of histamine-induced cyclic AMP elevation in monolayer cultures of primary foetal-bovine articular chondrocytes was displaced to the right by cimetidine. In addition, H2 but not H1 antagonists prevented the histamine-induced cyclic AMP elevation, suggesting histamine activates chondrocyte adenylate cyclase through an H2 receptor.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002927:Cimetidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006632:Histamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D011968:Receptors, Histamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D011968:Receptors, Histamine; D011970:Receptors, Histamine H2; D002927:Cimetidine; D006632:Histamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP