Vascular Effects of Apelin In Vivo in Man

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 908-913

  Japp, Alan G ^a   Cruden, Nicholas L ^a   Amer, David A B ^a   Li, Vivienne K Y ^a   Goudie, Ewan B ^a   Johnston, Neil R ^a   Sharma, Sushma ^b   Neilson, Ilene ^b   Webb, David J ^a   Megson, Ian L ^b   Flapan, Andrew D ^c   Newby, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apelin; APJ receptor; endothelium; vasodilator

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APELIN; APELIN 36; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO; PYROGLUTAMINATED APELIN 13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTIONAL PROTEOMICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOSTASIS AND REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASODILATATION; VEIN DIAMETER; VEIN DILATATION; VEIN OCCLUSION PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; VASODILATION; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 50349086725     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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