Chronic hypertension and altered baroreflex responses in transgenic mice containing the human renin and human angiotensinogen genes

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1047-1055

  Merrill, David C ^a   Thompson, Mark W ^a   Carney, Cayla L ^a   Granwehr, Bruno P ^a   Schlager, Gunther ^b   Robillard, Jean E ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular regulation; genetics; high blood pressure; renin angiotensin system; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; RENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

EID: 0030049446     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118497     Document Type: Article

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