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List of works by María J. Alonso

60-Day chronic exposure to low concentrations of HgCl2 impairs sperm quality: hormonal imbalance and oxidative stress as potential routes for reproductive dysfunction in rats

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Action of adenosine and characterization of adenosine receptors in human placental vasculature

scientific article published in January 1990

Activation of BKCa channels by nitric oxide prevents coronary artery endothelial dysfunction in ouabain-induced hypertensive rats.

scientific article published in January 2009

Activation of K+ channels and Na+/K+ ATPase prevents aortic endothelial dysfunction in 7-day lead-treated rats

scientific article published in July 2012

Administration of N(omega)-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) impairs endothelium-dependent relaxation in gravid but not nongravid rats.

scientific article published in February 2003

Aldosterone modulates neural vasomotor response in hypertension: role of calcitonin gene-related peptide

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Alterations in phenylephrine-induced contractions and the vascular expression of Na+,K+-ATPase in ouabain-induced hypertension.

scientific article published on February 2002

Alterations in structure and mechanics of resistance arteries from ouabain-induced hypertensive rats.

scientific article published on 10 February 2006

Alterations of the nitric oxide pathway in cerebral arteries from spontaneously hypertensive rats

scientific article published in March 2002

Aluminum exposure at human dietary levels promotes vascular dysfunction and increases blood pressure in rats: A concerted action of NAD(P)H oxidase and COX-2.

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Aluminum exposure for one hour decreases vascular reactivity in conductance and resistance arteries in rats.

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Angiotensin II differentially modulates cyclooxygenase-2, microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 and prostaglandin I2 synthase expression in adventitial fibroblasts exposed to inflammatory stimuli.

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Angiotensin II increases neurogenic nitric oxide metabolism in mesenteric arteries from hypertensive rats

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Apocynin prevents vascular effects caused by chronic exposure to low concentrations of mercury

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Atorvastatin prevents angiotensin II-induced vascular remodeling and oxidative stress.

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Cerebrovascular endothelial dysfunction induced by mercury exposure at low concentrations.

scientific article published on 2 March 2016

Chronic exposure to low doses of mercury impairs sperm quality and induces oxidative stress in rats.

scientific article published on January 2014

Chronic mercury exposure at different concentrations produces opposed vascular responses in rat aorta

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Contribution of the endothelin and renin-angiotensin systems to the vascular changes in rats chronically treated with ouabain

scientific article published on 11 October 2004

Effect of ageing and hypertension on endothelial modulation of ouabain-induced contraction and sodium pump activity in the rat aorta

scientific article published in June 1996

Effects of Bay K 8644 in aorta from spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar Kyoto rats of different ages

scientific article published in August 1995

Effects of several calcium channels modulators on the [3H]noradrenaline release and 45Ca influx in the rat vas deferens

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Effects of the Ca agonists Bay K 8644 and CGP 28392 on vascular smooth muscle tone

scientific article published in January 1989

Effects of the Ca2+ agonists, Bay K 8644 and CGP 28392, on isolated cat cerebral and peripheral arteries

scientific article published in November 1988

Egg White Hydrolysate: A new putative agent to prevent vascular dysfunction in rats following long-term exposure to aluminum

scientific article published on 05 September 2019

Egg white hydrolysates improve vascular damage in obese Zucker rats by its antioxidant properties

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Endothelial dysfunction of rat coronary arteries after exposure to low concentrations of mercury is dependent on reactive oxygen species.

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Endothelial factors and autoregulation during pressure changes in isolated newborn piglet cerebral arteries

scientific article published in August 1998

High glucose enhances inducible nitric oxide synthase expression. Role of protein kinase C-βII

scientific article published in May 2006

Hu antigen R is required for NOX-1 but not NOX-4 regulation by inflammatory stimuli in vascular smooth muscle cells.

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HuR mediates the synergistic effects of angiotensin II and IL-1β on vascular COX-2 expression and cell migration

scientific article published on 27 March 2015

Hypertension alters role of iNOS, COX-2, and oxidative stress in bradykinin relaxation impairment after LPS in rat cerebral arteries.

scientific article published on 4 March 2004

Hypertension alters the participation of contractile prostanoids and superoxide anions in lipopolysaccharide effects on small mesenteric arteries

scientific article published in September 2002

Hypertension increases contractile responses to hydrogen peroxide in resistance arteries through increased thromboxane A2, Ca2+, and superoxide anion levels.

scientific article published on 25 September 2008

Impairment of fetal endothelium-dependent relaxation in a rat model of preeclampsia by chronic nitric oxide synthase inhibition

scientific article published in February 2004

Increase in Neurogenic Nitric Oxide Metabolism by Endothelin-1 in Mesenteric Arteries from Hypertensive Rats

scientific article published in November 2000

Losartan and tempol treatments normalize the increased response to hydrogen peroxide in resistance arteries from hypertensive rats.

scientific article published in September 2009

Losartan reduces the increased participation of cyclooxygenase-2-derived products in vascular responses of hypertensive rats.

scientific article published on 23 January 2007

Low mercury concentrations cause oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in conductance and resistance arteries.

scientific article published on 3 July 2008

M3-muscarinic receptor mediates prejunctional inhibition of noradrenaline release and the relaxation in cat femoral artery.

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MAPK pathway activation by chronic lead-exposure increases vascular reactivity through oxidative stress/cyclooxygenase-2-dependent pathways

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Measurements of nitric oxide concentration and hyporeactivity in rat superior mesenteric artery exposed to endotoxin.

scientific article published in April 2004

Mechanism of bradykinin-induced relaxation in pig coronary arteries

scientific article published in 1999

Mechanisms involved in relaxation induced by exogenous nitric oxide in pig coronary arteries

scientific article published in 1999

Mechanisms involved in the cellular calcium homeostasis in vascular smooth muscle: calcium pumps

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Mechanisms involved in the early increase of serotonin contraction evoked by endotoxin in rat middle cerebral arteries

scientific article published in October 2003

Mercury-induced vascular dysfunction is mediated by angiotensin II AT-1 receptor upregulation.

scientific article published on 29 January 2018

Muscarinic receptors involved in modulation of norepinephrine release and vasodilatation in guinea pig carotid arteries

scientific article published in December 1994

Neurogenic nitric oxide release increases in mesenteric arteries from ouabain hypertensive rats

scientific article published in May 2004

New roles for old pathways? A circuitous relationship between reactive oxygen species and cyclo-oxygenase in hypertension.

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Nitric oxide-dependent and -independent mechanisms in the relaxation elicited by acetylcholine in fetal rat aorta

scientific article published in January 1999

Nitric-Oxide-Related and Non-Related Mechanisms in the Acetylcholine-Evoked Relaxations in Cat Femoral Arteries

scientific article published in 1993

Noradrenergic transmission in the tail artery of hypertensive rats transgenic for the mouse renin gene Ren-2.

scientific article published in April 1996

Ouabain treatment changes the role of endothelial factors in rat resistance arteries.

scientific article published on 22 October 2008

Ouabain treatment increases nitric oxide bioavailability and decreases superoxide anion production in cerebral vessels

scientific article published in October 2008

Ouabain-induced hypertension alters the participation of endothelial factors in alpha-adrenergic responses differently in rat resistance and conductance mesenteric arteries

scientific article published on 9 August 2004

Ouabain-induced hypertension is accompanied by increases in endothelial vasodilator factors

scientific article published in November 2002

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ activation reduces cyclooxygenase-2 expression in vascular smooth muscle cells from hypertensive rats by interfering with oxidative stress.

scientific article published in February 2012

Pharmacological dissection of Ca2+ channels in the rat aorta by Ca2+ entry modulators

scientific article published in January 1990

Pioglitazone reduces angiotensin II-induced COX-2 expression through inhibition of ROS production and ET-1 transcription in vascular cells from spontaneously hypertensive rats.

scientific article published on 11 April 2014

Pioglitazone treatment increases COX‐2‐derived prostacyclin production and reduces oxidative stress in hypertensive rats: role in vascular function

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Predominant role for nitric oxide in the relaxation induced by acetylcholine in cat cerebral arteries

scientific article published in April 1992

Pressure modulates the reactivity of isolated rabbit epicardial arteries

scientific article published in October 1997

Presynaptic M2-muscarinic receptors on noradrenergic nerve endings and endothelium-derived M3 receptors in cat cerebral arteries

scientific article published in December 1991

Protein kinase A increases electrical stimulation-induced neuronal nitric oxide release in rat mesenteric artery.

scientific article published in March 2004

Reciprocal Relationship Between Reactive Oxygen Species and Cyclooxygenase-2 and Vascular Dysfunction in Hypertension

scientific article published on 19 July 2012

Reproductive dysfunction after mercury exposure at low levels: evidence for a role of glutathione peroxidase (GPx) 1 and GPx4 in male rats

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Role of COX-2-derived PGE2 on vascular stiffness and function in hypertension

scientific article published on 9 February 2016

Role of K+ channels and sodium pump in the vasodilation induced by acetylcholine, nitric oxide, and cyclic GMP in the rabbit aorta

scientific article published in July 1999

Role of NADPH oxidase and iNOS in vasoconstrictor responses of vessels from hypertensive and normotensive rats.

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Role of iNOS in the vasodilator responses induced by L-arginine in the middle cerebral artery from normotensive and hypertensive rats.

scientific article published on January 1999

Role of lipid peroxidation and the glutathione-dependent antioxidant system in the impairment of endothelium-dependent relaxations with age.

scientific article published in January 1998

Small Artery Remodeling in Obesity and Insulin Resistance

scientific article published on 31 May 2014

Spironolactone Prevents Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Uncoupling and Vascular Dysfunction Induced by β-Adrenergic Overstimulation: Role of Perivascular Adipose Tissue

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Sub-chronic lead exposure produces β1-adrenoceptor downregulation decreasing arterial pressure reactivity in rats

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

The L-arginine inhibition of rat middle cerebral artery contractile responses is mediated by inducible nitric oxide synthase

scientific article published in April 1998

The cessation of the long-term exposure to low doses of mercury ameliorates the increase in systolic blood pressure and vascular damage in rats.

scientific article published on 18 February 2017

Toll-like receptor 4 contributes to vascular remodelling and endothelial dysfunction in angiotensin II-induced hypertension

scientific article published on 10 April 2015

Toll-like receptor 4 upregulation by angiotensin II contributes to hypertension and vascular dysfunction through reactive oxygen species production

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Toxic effects of mercury on the cardiovascular and central nervous systems

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

University of Wisconsin solution increases hyperpolarizing mechanisms in response to bradykinin.

scientific article published in December 2001

Vascular effects of the Mangifera indica L. extract (Vimang).

scientific article published in September 2004

Vascular effects, angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitory activity, and antihypertensive properties of peptides derived from egg white.

scientific article published on 30 November 2007

Vasoconstrictor effect of the Ca2+ agonist Bay K 8644 on human cerebral arteries.

scientific article published in June 1989

Vasodilator effects of peptides derived from egg white proteins

scientific article published in May 2007

c-Src, ERK1/2 and Rho kinase mediate hydrogen peroxide-induced vascular contraction in hypertension: role of TXA2, NAD(P)H oxidase and mitochondria.

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mPGES-1 (Microsomal Prostaglandin E Synthase-1) Mediates Vascular Dysfunction in Hypertension Through Oxidative Stress.

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p38 MAPK contributes to angiotensin II-induced COX-2 expression in aortic fibroblasts from normotensive and hypertensive rats

scientific article published in January 2009