Age-associated alterations in retinal arteriole reactivity to endothelin-1 differ between the sexes

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 611-619

  MacIntyre, Jessica N ^a   Slusar, Joanna E ^a   Zhu, Jiequan ^a   Dong, Alex X ^a   Howlett, Susan E ^a   Kelly, Melanie E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Endothelin receptors; Endothelium; Gender; Retinal microcirculation

Indexed keywords

CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; N (2,6 DIMETHYLPIPERIDINOCARBONYL) 4 METHYLLEUCYL DEXTRO (1 METHOXYCARBONYLTRYPTOPHANYL) DEXTRO NORLEUCINE;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIOLES; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN A; RECEPTOR, ENDOTHELIN B; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866549856     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: 18726216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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