Low mercury concentrations cause oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in conductance and resistance arteries

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Wiggers, G A ^a,d   Pecanha F M ^a,d   Briones, A M ^a   Perez Giron J V ^b   Miguel, M ^a   Vassallo, D V ^d   Cachofeiro, V ^c   Alonso, M J ^a,b   Salaices, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arteries; Mercury; Nitric oxide; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; APOCYNIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MERCURY CHLORIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHENYLEPHRINE; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; MESSENGER RNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION; ANIMAL; ARTERY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLANCHNIC CIRCULATION; SUPEROXIDES; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 54049143362     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00430.2008     Document Type: Article

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