Urotensin II increases endothelin production by vascular smooth muscle cells in rats

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1007-1010

  Qi, Yongfen ^a   Bu, Dingfang ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Zhang, Zhaokang ^a   Niu, Dadi ^a   Shi, Yanrong ^a   Zhang, Zhenghao ^a   Tang, Chaoshu ^a   Du, Junbao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Endothelin; mRNA; Peptide interaction; Urotensin II

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; UROTENSIN II;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036310013     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02tb9226     Document Type: Article

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