Endogenous hydrogen sulfide in perivascular adipose tissue: Role in the regulation of vascular tone in physiology and pathology1

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 889-898

  Bełtowski, Jerzy ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Endocannabinoids; Hydrogen sulfide; Hypoxia; Insulin sensitivity; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Perivascular adipose tissue; Vascular tone

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; FARNESOL; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; MEVALONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PRAVASTATIN; RANTES; RESISTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UBIQUINONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CANNABINOIDS; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; OBESITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84885442719     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2013-0001     Document Type: Review

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