Mechanisms underlying the programming of small artery dysfunction: Review of the model using low protein diet in pregnancy in the rat

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-35

  Brawley, Lee ^a   Poston, L ^b   Hanson, M A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low protein; Mesenteric; Nitric oxide; Pregnancy; Programming; Thoracic aorta; Transgenerational; Uterine; Vascular; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTERY RESISTANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROTEIN MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; RESISTANCE BLOOD VESSEL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; RATS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASODILATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037307110     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.111.1.23.15138     Document Type: Review

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