Expression of a recombinant preproendothelin-1 gene in arteries stimulates vascular contractility

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 272, Issue 5 41-5, 1997, Pages

  Schott, Eckart ^a,c   Tostes, Rita C A ^b   San, Hong ^a   Paul, Martin ^c   Clinton Webb, R ^b   Nabel, Elizabeth G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

angiotensin; endothelin; gene transfer; vascular reactivity; vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN I; CYCLO(DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO ASPARTYLPROLYL DEXTRO VALYLLEUCYL); ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PHENYLEPHRINE; PREPROENDOTHELIN 1; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; AORTA; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SWINE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030923098     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1997.272.5.h2385     Document Type: Article

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