Vascular, renal and placental effects on pregnant offspring of protein-restricted rat dams

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-351

  Musha, Yuka ^a   Itoh, Shigeru ^a   Miyakawa, Miho ^a   Ohtsuji, Mareki ^a   Hanson, Mark A ^b   Kinoshita, Katsuyuki ^a   Takeda, Satoru ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy; Protein restriction; Vascular dysfunction

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; CASEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLEPHRINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROGENY; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; DIET, PROTEIN-RESTRICTED; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLACENTATION; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; UTERUS;

EID: 79956131585     PISSN: 13418076     EISSN: 14470756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2010.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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