The influence of angiotensin II on sex-dependent proliferation of aortic VSMC isolated from SHR

Physiological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 501-505

  Loukotova J ^a   Bacakova L ^a   Zicha, J ^a   Kunes J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Aortic smooth muscle cells; Gender; Spontaneously hypertensive rat; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA MEDIA; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SYSTOLE;

EID: 0032452810     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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