... agreement with CAUL. Correspondence: Robert E. Widdop ( [email protected] ) or Robert M. Carey ( [email protected] ) angiotensin III AT2 receptor agonist kidney natriuresis vasodilation After the kidney sections had been spotted onto slides and washed with TBS...

...Karen L. Andrews; Natalie G. Lumsden; Julie Farry; Ann-Maree Jefferis; Barbara K. Kemp-Harper; Jaye P. F. Chin-Dusting Pre-clinical studies have identified nitroxyl (HNO), the reduced congener of nitric oxide (NO • ), as a potent vasodilator which is resistant to tolerance development. The present...

...: 0.05) to assess the difference between nadir timing of CO and TPR. Data in group I fitted a normal distribution, and are presented as means±S.E.M. carotid sinus hypersensitivity reflex syncope vagus nerve vasodilation In the 2009, ESC (European Society of Cardiology) guidelines...

...-operated rats and rats with pre-hepatic PH (portal hypertension; triple partial portal vein ligation) were used at 21 months after surgery. The participation of NO and COX (cyclo-oxygenase) derivatives in the vasodilator response elicited by acetylcholine after incubation with L -NAME ( N G -nitro- L...

... are indicative of alterations in vascular smooth muscle responsiveness to vasodilators. Impairment of coronary arterial vasodilation may contribute to the reduced coronary vascular reserve seen in LVH. Correspondence: Professor Alun D. Hughes (email [email protected] ). 17 4 2007 12 6...

...Jaume Padilla; Ryan A. Harris; Alyce D. Fly; Lawrence D. Rink; Janet P. Wallace The measurement of brachial artery vasodilation in response to a hyperaemic stimulus has been used extensively to assess changes in endothelial function. However, whether or not similar changes occur in response...

... necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) vasodilation The aims of the present study were, in patients with stable CHD, to confirm the previous association between plasma CRP and t-PA concentrations and to determine the effect of acute local vascular inflammation provoked by direct intra-arterial infusion of TNF...

... ]. acetylcholine endothelial function growth factor transgenic mouse vasodilation Acromegaly, characterized by excessive secretion of GH (growth hormone), is associated with cardiovascular disease [ 1 ]. Indeed, cardiovascular events are the most common cause of death in acromegalic patients [ 2 , 3...

... whether insulin (1.4×10 −7 M) and the β-adrenoceptor antagonist, propranolol (10 −5 M), increase hypoxic vasodilation in correspondence with changes in glycolysis. Porcine coronary arteries, precontracted with 10 −5 M prostaglandin F 2α , were mounted in a pressure myograph and a microdialysis catheter...

... is not a candidate for a ubiquitous EDHF. 10 7 2003 1 8 2003 1 8 2003 © 2003 The Biochemical Society 2003 bradykinin cytochrome P450 endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor forearm sulphaphenazole vasodilation Clinical Science (2003) 105, 399 401 (Printed in Great Britain) 399...

... as an antagonist of ET-1 has not been evaluated in the forearm. The present study investigated the effects of BQ-123 on changes in FBF in response to ET-1 and noradrenaline (NA; norepinephrine), taking into account the possible influence of vasodilator effects of BQ-123 on responses to vasoconstrictors. Six...

...Lars LIND; Jan HALL; Kristina JOHANSSON At present, several techniques exist that claim to evaluate endothelium-dependent vasodilation (EDV) in the human peripheral circulation. The present study aims to evaluate the relationships between four of these techniques. A group of 24 young, healthy...

... exercise against no load. Endothelium-dependent and -independent vasodilator function was assessed following intra-arterial infusion of acetylcholine and sodium nitroprusside respectively. Forearm blood flow (FBF) was higher in DM subjects than in controls (3.3±0.3 and 2.2±0.2 ml·min -1 ·100 ml -1 forearm...