Appropriate regulation of renin and blood pressure in 45-kb human renin/human angiotensinogen transgenic mice

Hypertension

Volumn 33, Issue 1 II, 1999, Pages 318-322

  Catanzaro, Daniel F ^a   Chen, Rong ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Hu, Lufei ^a   Sealey, Jean E ^a   Laragh, John H ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensinogen; Gene expression; Kidney; Mice; Renin; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; RENIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032951729     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.hyp.33.1.318     Document Type: Article

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