Effect of endothelin on angiotensin converting enzyme activity in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells

General Pharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-465

  Moroi, Mosao ^a   Fukazawa, Masayuki ^a   Ishikawa, Michiro ^a   Aikawa, Jo ^a   Namiki, Atsushi ^a   Yamaguchi, Tetsu ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I; Angiotensin II; Captopril; Radioimmunoassay; Rat aorta

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; CAPTOPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENZYME ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029949811     PISSN: 03063623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-3623(95)02038-1     Document Type: Article

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