The renin-angiotensin system in transgenic rats

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-112

  Wagner, Jürgen ^a,b   Thiele, Felix ^a   Ganten, Detlev ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Cardiovascular system; Pharmacology; Renin; Transgene; Transgenic rat

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; CORTICOSTEROID; PRORENIN; RENIN; TELMISARTAN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALDOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ALDOSTERONE URINE LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART WEIGHT; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTROPHY; KIDNEY INJURY; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; STEROID METABOLISM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

EID: 0030034169     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00863461     Document Type: Short Survey

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