cardiovascular system
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• tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit normal cardiac parameters (fractional shortening, cardiac output, ejection fraction, and heart rate)
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• absent calcium-activated chloride currents in pericytes of small arterioles from brain, retina, skeletal muscle and skin of tamoxifen-treated mice
• almost absent U46619-induced depolarization in pericytes of tamoxifen-treated mice despite pericyte hyperpolarization after agonist application without a further increase upon replacement of chloride with methanesulfonate
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• vascular smooth muscle cells lack calcium-activated chloride currents in tamoxifen-treated mice
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• decreased pressure amplitude in tamoxifen-treated mice
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• in tamoxifen-treated mice and more so in the presence of angiotensin II
• low-salt diet does not further decrease blood pressure
• however, systemic blood pressure differences are eliminated on a high-salt diet
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• reduced brain and retina small arteriole contractility in tamoxifen-treated mice
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• reduced vascular smooth muscle cell contractility in the aorta of tamoxifen-treated mice
• however, contractility in mesenteric arteries is normal
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homeostasis/metabolism
N |
• tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit normal plasma aldosterone, renin, angiotensin II, potassium and various blood gas parameters
• tamoxifen-treated mice exhibit normal creatinine clearance and fractional excretion of sodium, chloride and potassium
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muscle
• vascular smooth muscle cells lack calcium-activated chloride currents in tamoxifen-treated mice
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• reduced vascular smooth muscle cell contractility in the aorta of tamoxifen-treated mice
• however, contractility in mesenteric arteries is normal
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