Mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction in resistance arteries from patients with end-stage renal disease.

The study focuses on the mechanisms of endothelial dysfunction in the uremic milieu. Subcutaneous resistance arteries from 35 end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and 28 matched controls were studied ex-vivo. Basal and receptor-dependent effects of endothelium-derived factors, expression of endot...

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Main Authors: Leanid Luksha, Peter Stenvinkel, Folke Hammarqvist, Juan Jesús Carrero, Sandra T Davidge, Karolina Kublickiene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338576?pdf=render