Urocortin, a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor family, in normal and diseased heart

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 279, Issue 6 48-6, 2000, Pages

  Nishikimi, Toshio ^a,c   Miyata, Atsuro ^a   Horio, Takeshi ^a   Yoshihara, Fumiki ^a   Nagaya, Noritoshi ^a   Takishita, Shuichi ^a   Yutani, Chikao ^a   Matsuo, Hisayuki ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroaki ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b Dokkyo Uniyersity School of Medicine   (Japan)

^c DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Hypertrophy; Myocytes; Natriuretic peptides

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CARBON 14; COLLAGEN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP; PROLINE; TRITIUM; UROCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECOND MESSENGER;

EID: 0034537776     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.2000.279.6.h3031     Document Type: Article

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