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Perivascular adipose tissue-derived relaxing factors: release by peptide agonists via proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) and non-PAR2 mechanisms

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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 164, Issue 8, Pages 1990-2002

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01501.x

Keywords

adipocyte-derived relaxing factor; catalase; hydrogen peroxide; ion channels; mouse; PAR2; perivascular adipose tissue; potassium channels; protease-activated receptors; proteinase-activated receptors; relaxation

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  1. Canadian Institutes for Health Research
  2. Qatar Foundation [08 165-3-054]
  3. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Alberta
  4. Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nunavut
  5. Canadian Diabetes Association
  6. Alberta Cancer Board

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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We hypothesized that proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2)-mediated vasorelaxation in murine aorta tissue can be due in part to the release of adipocyte-derived relaxing factors (ADRFs).

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