Chronic hyperleptinemia results in the development of hypertension in pregnant rats

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 10, 2015, Pages R855-R861

  Palei, Ana C ^a,b   Spradley, Frank T ^a,b   Granger, Joey P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Hyperleptinemia; Hypertension; Preeclampsia; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LITTER SIZE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; EATING; HYPERTENSION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; EATING; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; LEPTIN; ORGAN SIZE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84930903825     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00286.2014     Document Type: Article

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