Characterization of the renal phenotype of transgenic rats expressing the human endothelin-2 gene

Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 196-201

  Hocher, Berthold ^a,b   Liefeldt, Lutz ^a,b   Thöne Reineke, Christa ^b   Orzechowski, Hans Dieter ^b   Distler, Armin ^a   Bauer, Christian ^b   Paul, Martin ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

blood pressure; endothelins; glomerular sclerosis; human; kidney; rats, transgenic

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 2;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SCORING SYSTEM; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0029784847     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.28.2.196     Document Type: Article

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