Commentary on Viewpoint: The human cutaneous circulation as a model of generalized microvascular function

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 380-

  Lévy, Bernard I ^a  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULARIZATION; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULARIZATION; VASODILATATION;

CAPILLARIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICROCIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASODILATION;

EID: 50649108211     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00181.2008     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Debbabi H, Uzan L, Mourad JJ, Safar M, Levy BI, Tibirica E. Increased skin capillary density in treated essential hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens 19: 477-483, 2006.
2. Feihl F, Liaudet L, Waeber B, Levy BI. Hypertension: a disease of the microcirculation? Hypertension 48: 1012-1017, 2006.
3. Holowatz LA, Thompson-Torgenson CS, Kenney WL. Viewpoint: The cutaneous circulation as a model of generalized microvascular function. J Appl Physiol; doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00858.2007.
4. Noon JP, Walker BR, Webb DJ, Shore AC, Holton DW, Edwards HV, Watt GC. Impaired microvascular dilatation and capillary rarefaction in young adults with a predisposition to high blood pressure. J Clin Invest 99: 1873-1879, 1997.
5. Ruedemann AD. Conjunctival vessels. J Am Med Ass 101: 1477-1481, 1933.
6. Serné EH, de Jongh RT, Eringa EC, Ijzerman RG, Stehouwer CD. Microvascular dysfunction: a potential pathophysiological role in the metabolic syndrome. Hypertension 50: 204-211, 2007.