The effects of urotensin-II on proliferation of pheochromocytoma cells and mRNA expression of urotensin-II and its receptor in pheochromocytoma tissues

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1073, Issue , 2006, Pages 284-289

  Zeng, Zheng Pei ^a   Liu, Guo Qiang ^a   Li, Han Zhong ^a   Fan, Xin Rong ^a   Liu, Dong Mei ^a   Tong, An Li ^a   Zheng, Xin ^a   Liu, Chang ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor 14; Pheochromocytoma; Urotensin II

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 14; MESSENGER RNA; UROTENSIN II;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 33845477298     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1353.032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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