Effect of experimentally induced diabetes on swine vascular prostacyclin (PGI2) synthesis

Silberbauer, K.; Clopath, P.; Sinzinger, H.; Schernthaner, G.

Artery 8(1): 30-36

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0098-6127
PMID: 6448594
Document Number: 161029
Repeated administration of streptozotocin to Göttingen miniature swine led to the development of a mild form of diabetes. The amount of PGI2 generated by the vessels (abdominal aorta, thoracic aorta, pulmonary artery), as estimated by reference to inhibition of ADP-induced platelet aggregation, was lower in the treated animals than in the controls. The decrease in the synthesis of PGI2 may contribute to the prethrombotic state in diabetes mellitus.

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