Influence of β-elemene on the secretion of angiotensin II and expression of AT1R in hepatic stellate cells

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-40

  Yang, Ling ^a   Zhu, Rui ^a   Zhu, Qingjing ^b   Dan, Dan ^a   Ye, Jin ^a   Xu, Keshu ^a   Hou, Xiaohua ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

Angiotensin; Angiotensin II; Beta elemene; Hepatic stellate cells; Liver cirrhosis; Receptor; Type1

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349083920     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-009-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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