Co-expression of urotensin II and its receptor (GPR14) in human cardiovascular and renal tissues

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2185-2190

  Matsushita, Mika ^a   Shichiri, Masayoshi ^a   Imai, Taihei ^a   Iwashina, Masatora ^a   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Takasu, Nobuyuki ^b   Hirata, Yukio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

GPR14; Hypertension; Radioimmunoassay; Renal disease; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Urine; Urotensin II

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GPR14; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROTENSIN II;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION; GLOMERULOPATHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 0035208378     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200112000-00011     Document Type: Article

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