The AT2 receptor - A matter of love and hate

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1401-1409

  Steckelings, U M ^a   Kaschina, E ^a   Unger, Th ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; AT2 receptor; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

1 (4 DIMETHYLAMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDRO 1H IMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BINDING PROTEIN; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; CASPASE; CERAMIDE; CYCLIC GMP; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE SHP 2; STAT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELL GROWTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VASODILATATION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 22544448655     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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