Angiotensin II-induced cardiac fibrosis in the rat is increased by chronic inhibition of nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 2469-2477

  Hou, Jian ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^a   Cohen, Richard A ^a   Chobanian, Aram V ^a   Brecher, Peter ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

extracellular matrix; fibroblasts; fibronectin; hypertension; hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ARGININE; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYCLINE; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOSARTAN; MESSENGER RNA; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSMOTIC MINIPUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0028821706     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118305     Document Type: Article

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