Mouse and rat plasma renin concentration and gene expression in (mRen2)27 transgenic rats

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 274, Issue 5 43-5, 1998, Pages

  Bohlender, Jürgen ^a   Ménard, Joel ^a   Edling, Oliver ^a   Ganten, Detlev ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Kidney; Renin gene expression

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; LISINOPRIL; PRORENIN; RENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

EID: 0031805886     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.274.5.h1450     Document Type: Article

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