Angiotensin II receptor type 1 mRNA is upregulated in atria of patients with end-stage heart failure

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2299-2304

  Kaprielian, Raffi R ^a   Dupont, Emmanuel ^a   Hafizi, Sassan ^b   Poole Wilson, Philip A ^a   Khaghani, Asghar ^b   Yacoub, Magdi H ^a,b   Severs, Nicholas J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II receptor; Heart failure; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

EID: 0031214720     PISSN: 00222828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmcc.1997.0458     Document Type: Article

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