The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).
The pathway of cilostazol-interaction and of the biochemical or physiological responses to drug. The drug is a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 3. The increase in cyclic AMP (cAMP) and subsequent increase in active protein kinase A (PKA) leads to inhibition of platelet aggregation. Genetic variations can cause differences in the response of the organism to the drug.