Assessment of the angiotensin II-forming pathway in human atria

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 12, 1997, Pages 116-118

  Ohmichi, Nobuyuki ^a   Iwai, Naoharu ^a   Shimoike, Hitoshi ^a   Izumi, Masafumi ^a   Watarida, Shouji ^a   Mori, Atsumi ^a   Nakamura, Yasuyuki ^a   Kinoshita, Masahiko ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotenisn II; Angiotensin converting enzyme; Cardiac renin angiotensin system; Chymase

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CHYMASE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; HEART ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; ANGIOTENSIN II; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHILD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHYMASES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0031283342     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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