Ghrelin protects musculocutaneous tissue from ischemic necrosis by improving microvascular perfusion

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 302, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Rezaeian, F ^a,b   Wettstein, R ^a   Scheuer, C ^c   Baumker K ^a   Bachle A ^c   Vollmar, B ^d   Menger, M D ^a   Harder, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Flap; Inflammation; Nitric oxide; Persistent ischemia

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GHRELIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GANGRENE; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROVASCULATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SKINFOLD; TISSUE NECROSIS; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TISSUE SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GHRELIN; ISCHEMIA; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROCIRCULATION; MUSCLE, STRIATED; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84856479437     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00390.2010     Document Type: Article

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