Connexin40 regulates renin production and blood pressure

Kidney International

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 814-822

  Krattinger, N ^a   Capponi, A ^b   Mazzolai, L ^a   Aubert, J F ^a   Caille, D ^b   Nicod, P ^a   Waeber, G ^a   Meda, P ^b   Haefliger, J A ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connexins; Gap junctions; Hypertension; Secretion; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN; CILEXETIL; CONNEXIN 40; MESSENGER RNA; RAMIPRIL; RENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH SODIUM INTAKE; HYPERTENSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RENAL ARTERY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN RELEASE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONNEXINS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 34648846516     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5002423     Document Type: Article

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