Central stiffening in adulthood linked to aberrant aortic remodeling under suboptimal intrauterine conditions

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 301, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1731-1737

  Thompson, Jennifer A ^a,c   Gros, Robert ^a,b   Richardson, Bryan S ^a,c   Piorkowska, Karolina ^a,c   Regnault, Timothy R H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Collagen; Compliance; Elastin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; EX VIVO STUDY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; UTERINE ARTERY; VASCULAR RING; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GUINEA PIGS; PLACENTAL INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 82755192258     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00274.2011     Document Type: Article

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