Angiotensin-II activates apoptosis, proliferation and protein synthesis in the left heart ventricle of newborn albino rats

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-222

  Mel'nikova, Natalia P ^a   Timoshin, Sergey S ^a   Jivotova, Elena Y ^a   Pelliniemi, Lauri J ^b   Jokinen, Eero ^c   Abdelwahid, Eltyeb ^d  

^a FAR EASTERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

AgNORs; ANG II; Apoptosis; Cardiomyocytes; Cell proliferation; In vivo

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEART VENTRICLES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RATS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 33748444706     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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