Do depressive symptoms mediate the association between fear of crime and higher body mass index?
Fear of crime was associated with depressive symptoms, which in turn were associated with reduced exercise and subsequently higher BMI.
These data demonstrate that agonist-induced ROS production in SMC targeting EC via myoendothelial gap junctions reduces endothelial NO-dependent control of pulmonary vasoreactivity. Such SMC modulation of endothelial control may represent a signaling pathway controlling vasoreactivity under not only physiological but also pathological conditions that often implicate excessive ROS production.