Reduced EDHF responses and connexin activity in mesenteric arteries from the insulin-resistant obese Zucker rat

Diabetologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 872-881

  Young, E J ^a,d   Hill, M A ^b   Wiehler, W B ^c   Triggle, C R ^a   Reid, J J ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d Leica Microsystems   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connexins; Diabetes; EDHF; Endothelium derived hyperpolarising factor; Gap junctions; Insulin resistance; Mesenteric artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 43; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; LEMAKALIM; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZUCKER RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; OBESITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; RNA, MESSENGER; VASODILATION;

EID: 41849123802     PISSN: 0012186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00125-008-0934-y     Document Type: Article

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