The adipokine chemerin amplifies electrical field-stimulated contraction in the isolated rat superior mesenteric artery - Darios, Emma S.; Winner, Brittany M.; Charvat, Trevor; Krasinksi, Antoni; Punna, Sreenivas; Watts, Stephanie W. (American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2016)
Keywords: Adipocytes; Adipokines; Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists - pharmacology; Animals; Blood pressure; Cardiology; Chemokines - metabolism; Chemokines - physiology; Immunohistochemistry; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - metabolism; Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - physiology; Male; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - drug effects; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - innervation; Mesenteric Artery, Superior - physiology; Muscle Contraction - drug effects; Muscle Contraction - physiology; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - drug effects; Muscle, Smooth, Vascular - physiology; Norepinephrine - pharmacology; Obesity; Physiology; Prazosin - pharmacology; Protein expression; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptors, Chemokine - antagonists & inhibitors; Receptors, Chemokine - metabolism; Receptors, Chemokine - physiology; Sympathetic Nervous System - drug effects; Sympathetic Nervous System - metabolism; Sympathetic Nervous System - physiology; Sympathomimetics - pharmacology; Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase - metabolism; Vascular Biology and Microcirculation; perivascular adipose tissue; chemerin; vascular smooth muscle; electrical field stimulation; ChemR23