Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor, soluble VEGF receptor Flt-1 and endothelial function in healthy smokers

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
9956918	International Journal of Cardiology	2005	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

In conclusion, healthy smokers demonstrate abnormal AMD, and an inverse correlation between plasma VEGF levels (but not sFlt-1) with indices of endothelial dysfunction (FMD and AMD) exists. VEGF, and not sFlt-1, may be related to the pathogenesis of endothelial dysfunction in healthy smoking individuals.

Keywords

Soluble Flt-1 VOP AMD iNOS eNOS Flt-1 NMD KDR EDV FMD Endothelial dysfunction Smoker inducible nitric oxide synthase endothelial nitric oxide synthase Smoking Vascular endothelial growth factor Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)Nitric oxide Flow-mediated vasodilatation Venous occlusion plethysmography Control

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Soluble vascular endothelial growth factor, soluble VEGF receptor Flt-1 and endothelial function in healthy smokers

Authors

Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Funmi Belgore, Dirk Reinhold, Siegfried Ansorge, Helmut U. Klein, J. André Schmidt-Lucke, Gregory Y.H. Lip,