Differential effect of losartan in female and male spontaneously hypertensive rats

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2006, Pages 2280-2285

  Rodrigues, Stephen F De P ^a   Dos Santos, Rosangela A ^a   Silva Antonialli, Michelle M ^a   Scavone, Cristóforo ^a   Nigro, Dorothy ^a   Carvalho, Maria Helena C ^a   De Cássia Tostes, Rita ^a   Fortes, Zuleica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin AT1 receptor; Angiotensin AT2 receptor; Losartan; Nitric oxide synthase; SHR; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRADYKININ; LOSARTAN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ARTERIOLES; BLOOD PRESSURE; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONES; HYPERTENSION; LOSARTAN; MALE; MESENTERY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33645223313     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.09.049     Document Type: Article

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