Visfatin Impairs Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Rat and Human Mesenteric Microvessels through Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase Activity

Susana Vallejo; Tania Romacho; Javier Angulo; Laura A. Villalobos; Elena Cercas; Alejandra Leivas; Elena Bermejo; Raffaele Carraro; Carlos F. Sánchez-Ferrer; Concepción Peiró

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027299

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Visfatin Impairs Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Rat and Human Mesenteric Microvessels through Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase Activity

Susana Vallejo ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Susana Vallejo, Tania Romacho

Affiliation Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Tania Romacho ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Susana Vallejo, Tania Romacho

Affiliations Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Javier Angulo,

Affiliation Departamento de Histología, Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (IRYCIS), Madrid, Spain
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Laura A. Villalobos,

Affiliations Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Elena Cercas,

Affiliations Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Alejandra Leivas,

Affiliations Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Elena Bermejo,

Affiliation Servicio de Cirugía General y Digestiva, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Raffaele Carraro,

Affiliations Unidad de Obesidad, Servicio de Endocrinología, Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, Departamento de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Carlos F. Sánchez-Ferrer,

Affiliations Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Concepción Peiró

* E-mail: concha.peiro@uam.es

Affiliations Departamento de Farmacología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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Visfatin Impairs Endothelium-Dependent Relaxation in Rat and Human Mesenteric Microvessels through Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase Activity

Susana Vallejo,
Tania Romacho,
Javier Angulo,
Laura A. Villalobos,
Elena Cercas,
Alejandra Leivas,
Elena Bermejo,
Raffaele Carraro,
Carlos F. Sánchez-Ferrer,
Concepción Peiró

Published: November 3, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027299

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