- ►endojournals.org R Muniyappa, M Montagnani, KK Koh, MJ … - Endocrine reviews, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Insulin has important vascular actions to stimulate production of nitric oxide
from endothelium. This leads to capillary recruitment, vasodilation, increased
blood flow, and subsequent augmentation of glucose disposal in classical ... Cited by 101 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
IL Williams, PJ Chowienczyk, SB Wheatcroft … - Obesity surgery, 2005 - Springer Background: Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of endothelial
dysfunction. We explored the effect of different degrees of body mass on
endothelial function, lipids, systemic inflammation and glucose homeostasis ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►physiology.org O Galili, D Versari, KJ Sattler, ML Olson, … - American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory …, 2007 - Am Physiological Soc Obesity is independently associated with increased cardiovascular risk. However,
since established obesity clusters with various cardiovascular risk factors,
configuring the metabolic syndrome, the early effects of obesity on ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
C Murphy, GS Kanaganayagam, B Jiang, PJ … - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2007 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— 24 South Asian and 25 Caucasian healthy age-matched
nonsmoking men were studied. Vascular function was assessed by flow-mediated and
GTN brachial artery dilatation and blood flow responses to infusion of ACh, ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - All 8 versions
IL Williams, PJ Chowienczyk, SB Wheatcroft, … - Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2006 - pt.wkhealth.com Methods: Seventy-three healthy people (44 women; age range: 24-64 years) with
body mass index (BMI) range of 18.6-73.1 kg/m 2 were recruited. All participants
underwent assessment of conduit artery endothelial-dependent vasodilatation ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►physiology.org N Erdei, A Toth, ET Pasztor, Z Papp, I Edes, A … - American Journal of Physiology- Heart and Circulatory …, 2006 - Am Physiological Soc Obesity frequently leads to the development of hypertension. We hypothesized
that high-fat diet (HFD)-induced obesity impairs the endothelium-dependent
dilation of arterioles. Male Wistar rats were fed with normal (control) or ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org AU Momin, N Melikian, AM Shah, DJ Grieve, … - European heart journal, 2006 - Eur Soc Cardiology Methods and results In 131 patients (age 65.7±0.7 years mean±SEM), ex vivo
vascular reactivity to leptin (10 –13 –10 –7 M) was assessed in saphenous
vein (SV) rings. Leptin led to SV relaxation (maximal relaxation ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
M Kaneki, N Shimizu, D Yamada, K Chang - Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 2007 - liebertonline.com I NSULIN RESISTANCE is a major causative factor for type 2 diabetes, which is a
polygenic disease accounting for >90% of patients with diabetes, and is
associated with in- creased risk of cardiovascular disease. Obesity is ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►cardiovascres.org AL Mundy, E Haas, I Bhattacharya, CC Widmer … - Cardiovascular research, 2007 - cardiovascres.org Methods: C57BL/6 mice were fed diets of normal (Control, 12.3% kcal from fat),
high (HF, 41% kcal from fat) and very high (VHF, 58% kcal from fat) fat content
for 15 weeks. Glucose tolerance tests were performed, and aortic rings were ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 10 versions
- ►sherbornegibbs.com [PDF] RM Cubbon, A Rajwani, SB Wheatcroft - Diabetes & Vascular Disease Research, 2007 - dvr.sagepub.com Abstract T he structural and functional integrity of the vascular endothelium
plays a critical role in vascular homeo- stasis. Insulin resistance, an
important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is thought to promote ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
