Tissue angiotensin-converting enzyme activity plays an important role in pressure overload-induced cardiac fibrosis in rats

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 600-609

  Kurosawa, Yukie ^a   Katoh, Makoto ^a   Doi, Hisayoshi ^a   Narita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI TANABE PHARMA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Fibrosis; Hypertrophy; Immunohistochemistry; Pressure overload

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; IMIDAPRIL;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMEGALY; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; IMIDAZOLES; IMIDAZOLIDINES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0036200340     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005344-200204000-00016     Document Type: Article

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