Taurine improves angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy of cultured neonatal rat heart cells

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 442, Issue , 1998, Pages 129-135

  Takahahsi, Kyoko ^a   Azuma, Mitsuhiro ^a   Baba, Akemichi ^b   Schaffer, Stephen ^c   Azuma, Junichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART FAILURE; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART SIZE; INHIBITION KINETICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031810136     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0117-0_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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