The basement membrane (BM) surrounding capillaries in skeletal muscles varies
physiologically in thickness according to age, physical fitness, and anatomical site in …

Background/Aim: Because the pericapillary basement membrane in skeletal muscles of
patients with chronic critical limb ischemia (CLI) is thickened, we determined the expression …

The objectives of these studies were to 1) evaluate the relationships among age, glucose
intolerance, and skeletal muscle capillary basement membrane (CBM) width (CBMW) and 2) …

It is unclear how microangiopathic changes in skeletal muscle vary among systemic
vascular pathologies. We therefore analyzed the capillary fine structure in skeletal muscle …

To work out which microvascular remodeling processes occur in murine skeletal muscle
during endurance exercise, we subjected C57BL/6 mice to voluntary running wheel training …

Pericyte distribution and capillary dimensions were determined in tissue obtained at autopsy
from human pectoral, abdominal, quadriceps femoris, and gastrocnemius muscle of 20 …

Capillary basement membrane (CBM) thickening is an ultrastructural hallmark in diabetic
patients and in animal models of diabetes. However, the wide variety of tissues sampled and …

Aging strongly affects the skeletal muscle and is associated with microvascular dysfunctions.
Age is also a primary risk factor for the metabolic syndrome, which is a cluster of metabolic …

Aim To determine whether the ultrastructure of the capillary system in human skeletal
muscle changes during advancing senescence, we evaluated the compartmental and …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the obese Zucker rat (OZR) develops
diabeteslike peripheral vascular disease and evaluate the effects of exercise training …