Selective deletion of Connexin 40 in renin-producing cells impairs renal baroreceptor function and is associated with arterial hypertension

Kidney International

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 762-768

  Wagner, Charlotte ^a   Jobs, Alexander ^b   Schweda, Frank ^a   Kurtz, Lisa ^a   Kurt, Birguel ^a   Lopez, Maria L Sequeira ^c   Gomez, R Ariel ^c   Van Veen, Toon A B ^d   De Wit, Cor ^b   Kurtz, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

afferent arteriole; blood pressure; renal hypertension; renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CONNEXIN 40; MESSENGER RNA; RENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELL; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRESSORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SODIUM DEPLETION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 77957581108     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2010.257     Document Type: Article

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