Uterine artery structural and functional changes during pregnancy in tissue kallikrein-deficient mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1826-1832

  Hilgers, Rob H P ^a   Bergaya, Sonia ^b   Schiffers, Paul M H ^a   Meneton, Pierre ^c   Boulanger, Chantal M ^b   Henrion, Daniel ^b   Lévy, Bernard I ^b   De Mey, Jo G R ^a,d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bradykinin; Flow induced vasodilatation; Flow related remodeling; Postpartum period; Pregnancy; Tissue kallikrein; Uterine artery

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ICATIBANT; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; THROMBOXANE A2 DERIVATIVE; TISSUE KALLIKREIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FLOW INDUCED DILATATION; FLOW RATE; ISOLATED ARTERY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SHEAR STRESS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS BLOOD FLOW; VASOMOTOR REFLEX;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HEMORHEOLOGY; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; TISSUE KALLIKREINS; UTERUS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 0141954206     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000090672.07568.60     Document Type: Article

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