Nutritional improvement of the endothelial control of vascular tone by polyphenols: Role of NO and EDHF

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 459, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 853-862

  Schini Kerth, Valérie B ^a   Auger, Cyril ^a   Kim, Jong Hun ^a   Étienne Selloum, Nelly ^a   Chataigneau, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

EDHF; eNOS; Hypertension; NO; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CATECHIN; CAVEOLIN 1; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; POLYPHENOL; PROTEIN GAB1; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM DEPENDENT HYPERPOLARIZATION FACTOR; ENDOTHELIUM-DEPENDENT HYPERPOLARIZATION FACTOR; FLAVONOID; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS;

ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CACAO; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GRAPE; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RED WINE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAVEOLIN 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOLS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; VASODILATION;

EID: 77955293389     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-010-0806-4     Document Type: Review

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