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Sexual Dimorphism In Rat Vascular Function Of Type I And Type Ii Diabetes: Role Of Edrfs, Roshanak Rahimian Nov 2016

Sexual Dimorphism In Rat Vascular Function Of Type I And Type Ii Diabetes: Role Of Edrfs, Roshanak Rahimian

Science Seminar Series

Dr. Roshanak Rahimian, professor of physiology and pharmacology in the Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will tell us about her work on understanding the mechanisms underlying the interaction of sex and diabetes in vasculature.

Over the past decade, diabetes and obesity have reached epidemic levels in developed countries, and has become one of the most serious and challenging health problems in the 21st century. Several studies suggest that diabetes affects male and female vascular beds differently. However, the mechanisms underlying the interaction of sex and diabetes in vasculature remain to be investigated. We have shown that …