Chemerin is resident to vascular tunicas and contributes to vascular tone
Emma Wabel, Alexis Orr, Emma D Flood, Janice Thompson, Huirong Xie, Elena Y. Demireva, Bana Abolibdeh, Darcy Honke Hulbert, Adam E. Mullick, Hannah Garver, Gregory D. Fink, Theodore A. Kung, Stephanie W. Watts
Abstract
Vascular tunicas synthesizing chemerin is a new finding. Vascular chemerin is independent of hepatic-derived chemerin. Vasculature from both males and females have resident chemerin. Chemerin1 receptor activity supports vascular tone.
Topics & Concepts
Vascular toneTone (literature)ChemerinMedicineCardiologyInternal medicineLinguisticsPhilosophyAdipokineVasodilationInsulin resistanceInsulinPhysical Education and Training StudiesApelin-related biomedical researchBiomarkers in Disease Mechanisms