Evidence for local relaxin ligand-receptor expression and function in arteries

FASEB Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 2352-2362

  Novak, Jacqueline ^a   Parry, Laura J ^b   Matthews, Julianna E ^a   Kerchner, Laurie J ^a   Indovina, Kimberly ^a   Hanley Yanez, Karen ^a   Doty, Ketah D ^a   Debrah, Dan O ^c   Shroff, Sanjeev G ^c   Conrad, Kirk P ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Myogenic reactivity; Passive compliance; Relaxin knockout mouse; Vascular biology; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN LGR7; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MARSUPIAL; MESENTERIC ARTERY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RENAL ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORACIC AORTA; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, PEPTIDE; RELAXIN; RENAL ARTERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MACROPUS EUGENII; METATHERIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33845650554     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-6263com     Document Type: Article

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