Effect of cold stress on ovarian & uterine microcirculation in rats and the role of endothelin system

• Main Authors: Di Wang (Author), Xiumei Cheng (Author), Huimin Fang (Author), Yanqing Ren (Author), Xinhua Li (Author), Weiwei Ren (Author), Bing Xue (Author), Cairui Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cold, an environmental factor, induces many reproductive diseases. It is known that endothelin (ET) is a potent vasoconstrictor, and cold stress can increase the expression of ET and its receptors. The cold stress rat model was developed to examine two parameters: (1) the effects...