The effect of angiotensin II on the number of macula densa cells through the AT1 receptor

Nephron - Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Razga, Zsolt ^a   Nyengaard, Jens Randel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II AT1 receptor; Macula densa; Renin angiotensin system; Stereology; Tubuloglomerular feedback

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; BROXURIDINE; CANDESARTAN HEXETIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY TUBULE CELL; MACULA DENSA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; STEREOLOGY;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; TETRAZOLES;

EID: 65449162380     PISSN: 16602137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213507     Document Type: Article

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