Placental protein 13 (PP13)-induced vasodilation of resistance arteries from pregnant and nonpregnant rats occurs via endothelial-signaling pathways

• Main Authors: Tijana Drobnjak (Author), Sveinbjörn Gizurarson (Author), Natalia I. Gokina (Author), Hamutal Meiri (Author), Maurizio Mandalá (Author), Berthold Huppertz (Author), George Osol (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Placental protein 13 (PP13) induces hypotension in rats. This study aims to evaluate PP13 effects on isolated uterine arteries from nonpregnant and mid-pregnant rats. Vessels were isolated, cannulated, and pressurized to 50 mmHg within an arteriograph, preconstricted and exposed to increasing PP13 c...