Immunocytochemical localization of the endogenous vasoactive peptide apelin to human vascular and endocardial endothelial cells

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 119-125

  Kleinz, Matthias J ^a   Davenport, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APJ receptor; Cardiovascular; Endothelium; Orphan G protein coupled receptor; Paracrine; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

APELIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INOTROPISM; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG; NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASODILATATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANTIBODIES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENDOCARDIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIUM; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SAPHENOUS VEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 1542300876     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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