Adrenomedullin gene delivery reduces blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Hypertension Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-277

  Chao, Julie ^a   Jin, Lan ^a   Lin, Kuei Fu ^a   Chao, Lee ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenomedullin; Hypertension; Hypotensive peptide; Intravenous injection; Somatic gene therapy; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

ADRENOMEDULLIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE TARGETING; HEART; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LUNG; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROUS SARCOMA ONCOVIRUS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT;

EID: 0031454520     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.20.269     Document Type: Article

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