Reciprocal regulation of pulmonary and cardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme in rats with severe left ventricular hypertrophy

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-132

  Pfeifer, Michael ^a   Bruckschlegel, Günter ^a   Holmer, Stephan R ^a   Paul, Martin ^b   Riegger, A J Günter ^a   Schunkert, Heribert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Pressure overload hypertrophy; Pulmonary hypertension; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TARGET CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BODY WEIGHT; DIURETICS; FUROSEMIDE; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; LUNG; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENIN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032051631     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-6363(97)00298-8     Document Type: Article

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