Exogenous ghrelin on nitric oxide-endothelin 1 imbalance in metabolic syndrome: Can we kill 2 birds with 1 stone?

Hypertension

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 960-961

  Taddei, Stefano ^a   Virdis, Agostino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; GHRELIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NOTE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; GHRELIN; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70449732609     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.141176     Document Type: Note

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