Leptin induces direct vasodilation through distinct endothelial mechanisms

Diabetes

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 293-297

  Lembo, Giuseppe ^a,d   Vecchione, Carmine ^b   Fratta, Luigi ^b   Marino, Gennaro ^a   Trimarco, Valentina ^a,b   D'Amati, Giulia ^c   Trimarco, Bruno ^b  

^a Inst Ricovero Cura Carattere S   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; LEPTIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CHEMICAL SYMPATHECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HYPOTENSION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0033978467     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.49.2.293     Document Type: Article

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