Insulin resistance in penile arteries from a rat model of metabolic syndrome

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-364

  Contreras, Cristina ^a   Sánchez, Ana ^a   Martínez, Pilar ^b   Raposo, Rafaela ^a   Climent, Belén ^a   García Sacristán, Albino ^a   Benedito, Sara ^a   Prieto, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

adrenoceptors; endothelial dysfunction; insulin resistance; obese Zucker rat; penile arteries

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIN 1 RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISOPRENALINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTRYGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MICROVASCULATURE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PENIS ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; CALCIUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NITRIC OXIDE; OBESITY; PENIS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; RATS; RATS, ZUCKER; VASODILATION;

EID: 77956030587     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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