Regional specificity of adaptation change in large elastic arteries of simulated microgravity rats

Acta Physiologica Hungarica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-187

  Gao, F ^a   Bao, J X ^a   Xue, J H ^a   Huang, J ^a   Huang, W Q ^a   Wu, S X ^a   Zhang, Li Fan ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II receptor type 1; Angiotensinogen; Gene expression; Hindlimb unweighting; Large elastic artery; Local renin angiotensin system; Microgravity; Postspaceflight cardiovascular deconditioning; Protein expression; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THICKNESS; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTIC TISSUE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUNICA MEDIA; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 65749085865     PISSN: 0231424X     EISSN: 15882683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/APhysiol.96.2009.2.3     Document Type: Article

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