Angiotensin II stimulates α-skeletal actin expression in cadiomyocytes in vitro and in vivo in the absence of hypertension

Differentiation

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-74

  Clément, Sophie ^a   Pellieux, Corinne ^b   Chaponnier, Christine ^a   Pedrazzini, Thierry ^b   Gabbiani, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Gene expression; Myocytes; Renin; TGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANGIOTENSIN II; PRIMER DNA; RENIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WISTAR RAT;

ACTINS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; HYPERTENSION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOCARDIUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RENIN;

EID: 18744429606     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.2001.690107.x     Document Type: Article

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