Ageing and microvasculature

Vascular Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Scioli, Maria Giovanna ^a   Bielli, Alessandra ^a   Arcuri, Gaetano ^a   Ferlosio, Amedeo ^a   Orlandi, Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Endothelial dysfunction; Nitric oxide; Organ specific ageing; Smooth muscle cells; Vascular remodelling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GARLIC EXTRACT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESVERATROL;

AGING; ARTERIOLOSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIVER; LYMPH VESSEL; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERICYTE; REVIEW; SKIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 84908214728     PISSN: 2045824X     EISSN: 2045824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2045-824X-6-19     Document Type: Review

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