Enhanced mesenteric arterial responsiveness to angiotensin II is androgen receptor-dependent in prenatally protein-restricted adult female rat offspring

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Sathishkumar, Kunju ^a   Balakrishnan, Meena P ^b   Yallampalli, Chandrasekhar ^b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agtr1; Angiotensin II; Blood pressure; Flutamide; Mesenteric arteries; Pregnancy; Protein restriction; Testosterone; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; FLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLEPHRINE; TESTOSTERONE; ANTIANDROGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; RAT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VASOMOTOR REFLEX; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84929574457     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.114.126482     Document Type: Article

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