Hypercholesterolemia is associated with enhanced angiotensin AT1- receptor expression

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 6 41-6, 1997, Pages

  Nickenig, Georg ^a   Jung, Oliver ^b   Strehlow, Kerstin ^a   Zolk, Oliver ^a   Linz, Wolfgang ^b   Schölkens, Bernhard A ^b   Böhm, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Angiotensin II receptor; Arteriosclerosis; Gene regulation; Hypertension; Lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 0030872917     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.6.h2701     Document Type: Article

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