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Key aspects for such research include the importance of squamous histology and the contributions of vessel permeability, hypertension and vessel wall erosion.
To investigate the contribution of PMCA, vessels were pre-treated with 10 μM of the PMCA inhibitor CE (Fig. 4d f).
Given that the subintestinal plexus has been regarded as one of the possible origins of the GI tract vasculature, we decided to investigate the relative contribution of surrounding vessels to its formation, using photoconversion of ECs (Fig. 2; Fig. S1).
Because of signal suppression due to T2prep, only little signal contribution of the vessel wall can be expected.
Despite placement of nicardipine pellets around the middle cerebral artery to minimize proximal vasoconstriction, spontaneous depolarizations still occurred in 10 of 13 patients [ 27], casting further doubt on the exact nature of the contribution of proximal vessel constriction to DCI.
An SE-EPI sequence with an additional gradient can remove the contribution of large blood vessels to BOLD signal, because diffusion effects are small around large blood vessels, and the velocity in the vessels is high [ 13, 16].
Parallel imaging and histological studies are needed to evaluate the contribution of persistent immature/mature vessels to disease progression and may illustrate the specific pathogenetic contribution of immature vessels.
Further studies on the specific contribution of immature blood vessels to RA pathogenesis are needed to understand the potential of more specific anti-angiogenic interventions for the therapy of RA.
The small attenuation seen in the positive BOLD activation within this area is likely from the limited intravascular contribution of the small vessels, which may include venules and capillaries.
Our aim was to examine the contribution of large blood vessels to the fMRI response of the FFA.
