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Inorganic Arsenite Potentiates Vasoconstriction through Calcium Sensitization in Vascular Smooth Muscle

Chronic exposure to arsenic is well known as the cause of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension. To investigate the effect of arsenic on blood vessels, we examined whether arsenic affected the contraction of aortic rings in an isolated organ bath system. Treatment with arsenite, a trivalent i...

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Autores principales: Lee, Moo-Yeol, Lee, Young-Ho, Lim, Kyung-Min, Chung, Seung-Min, Bae, Ok-Nam, Kim, Heon, Lee, Choong-Ryeol, Park, Jung-Duck, Chung, Jin-Ho
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1281275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16203242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8000