Browsing Graduate School - MU Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Huxley, Virginia"
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Collecting lymphatic vessel permeability to albumin and its modification by natriuretic peptides
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)Microvascular exchange is the process whereby the blood provides the tissues of the body nutrients for cellular metabolism, macromolecules essential for fighting infection, and waste removal. However, these constituents ... -
Endothelial phenotype differs by both sex and vessel function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Endothelial cells (the cells that line our blood vessels) were once thought to be an inert cellophane-like wrapper separating flowing blood from tissue. However, as our understanding of the human body has progressed, we ... -
Roles of sex and insulin on microvascular exchange function
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)A characteristic of endothelial dysfunction, which is observed in the beginning stages of type 2 diabetes, is the alteration of the microvascular barrier, affecting the microvascular permeability. We measured the venular ...