Exercise training normalizes skeletal muscle vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with essential hypertension

Ane Håkansson Hansen, Jens Nielsen, Bengt Saltin, Ylva Hellsten

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    Abstract

    Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein and capillarization were determined in muscle vastus lateralis biopsy samples in individuals with essential hypertension (n = 10) and normotensive controls (n = 10). The hypertensive individuals performed exercise training for 16 weeks. Muscle samples as well as muscle microdialysis fluid samples were obtained at rest, during and after an acute exercise bout, performed prior to and after the training period, for the determination of muscle VEGF levels, VEGF release, endothelial cell proliferative effect and capillarization.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalJournal of Hypertension
    Volume28
    Issue number6
    Pages (from-to)1176-85
    Number of pages10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2010

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