Leptin is an endothelial-independent vasodilator in humans with coronary artery disease: Evidence for tissue specificity of leptin resistance

European Heart Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2294-2299

  Momin, Aziz U ^a,b   Melikian, Narbeh ^a,b   Shah, Ajay M ^a,b   Grieve, David J ^a,b   Wheatcroft, Stephen B ^a,b   John, Lindsay ^c   El Gamel, Ahmed ^c   Desai, Jatin B ^c   Nelson, Toby ^a,b   Driver, Catherine ^c   Sherwood, Roy A ^c   Kearney, Mark T ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelial function; Leptin; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FAT; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; RECOMBINANT LEPTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33749001704     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi831     Document Type: Article

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