Intrauterine growth restriction delays cardiomyocyte maturation and alters coronary artery function in the fetal sheep

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 578, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 871-881

  Bubb, Kristen J ^a   Cock, Megan L ^a   Black, M Jane ^a   Dodic, Miodrag ^a   Boon, Wee Ming ^a   Parkington, Helena C ^a   Harding, Richard ^a   Tare, Marianne ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN II; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AUTOPSY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; FETUS; FETUS HEART; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPOXIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALNUTRITION; MICROSCOPY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SHEEP; ARTERY WALL; CORONARY ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BRADYKININ; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HEART; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 33846506085     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.121160     Document Type: Article

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