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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2021

Altered Vascular Adaptations to Pregnancy in a Rat Model of Advanced Maternal Age.

Mazhar Pasha, Amy L Wooldridge, Raven Kirschenman, Floor Spaans, Sandra T Davidge, Christy-Lynn M Cooke

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Guidelines for assessing maternal cardiovascular physiology during pregnancy and postpartum.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mazhar PashaDepartment of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Amy L WooldridgeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Raven KirschenmanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Floor SpaansDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Sandra T DavidgeDepartment of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Christy-Lynn M CookeDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
University of Alberta · CAWomen and Children’s Health Research Institute · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advanced maternal age (≥35 years old) increases the risk of pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and fetal growth restriction. We previously demonstrated vascular dysfunction and abnormal pregnancy outcomes in a rat model of advanced maternal age. However, vascular adaptations to pregnancy in aging were not studied. We hypothesize that advanced maternal age is associated with a more vasoconstrictive phenotype due to reduced nitric oxide (NO) and increased activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), contributing to impaired vascular adaptations to pregnancy. A rat model of advanced maternal age was used: young (4 months) and aged (9.5 months; ∼35 years in humans) non-pregnant and pregnant rats. On gestational day 20 (term = 22 days; non-pregnant rats were aged-matched), blood pressure and heart rate were measured (tail cuff plethysmography) and vascular function was assessed in mesenteric arteries (wire myography). Endothelium-dependent relaxation to methylcholine (MCh) was assessed in the presence/absence of nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (L-NAME), or inhibitors of endothelium-dependent hyperpolarization (EDH; apamin and TRAM-34). Vasoconstriction responses to big endothelin-1 (bigET-1), in the presence/absence of MMPs-inhibitor (GM6001) or endothelin converting enzyme (ECE-1) inhibitor (CGS35066), in addition, ET-1 responsiveness, were measured. Blood pressure was elevated only in aged non-pregnant rats (

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advanced maternal ageendothelium-dependent relaxationmesenteric arterypregnancy adaptationswire myography

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