Regulation of vascular tone: the fat connection

Hypertension. 2004 Sep;44(3):255-6. doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.0000140056.64321.f9. Epub 2004 Aug 2.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / physiology*
  • Animals
  • Biological Factors / physiology
  • Blood Vessels / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Leptin / physiology
  • Mesenteric Arteries / physiology
  • Obesity / physiopathology
  • Organ Specificity
  • Paracrine Communication
  • Potassium Channels / chemistry
  • Potassium Channels / physiology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rats, Zucker
  • Vasodilation / physiology

Substances

  • Biological Factors
  • Leptin
  • Potassium Channels