Substitution of connexin40 with connexin45 prevents hyperreninemia and attenuates hypertension

Kidney International

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 482-489

  Schweda, Frank ^a   Kurtz, Lisa ^a   De Wit, Cor ^b   Janssen Bienhold, Ulrike ^c   Kurtz, Armin ^a   Wagner, Charlotte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood pressure control; Connexin40; Connexin45; Gap junctions; Renin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; CONNEXIN 45; ENALAPRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME REPLACEMENT; HYPERRENINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELL; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN RELEASE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENE THERAPY; HYPERTENSION; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RENIN;

EID: 60749131296     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.637     Document Type: Article

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