Pregnancy protects against antiangiogenic and fibrogenic effects of angiotensin II in rat hearts

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-456

  Aljabri, M B ^a   Songstad, N T ^a,b   Lund, T ^a   Serrano, M C ^c   Andreasen, T V ^a   Al Saad, S ^b   Lindal, S ^b   Sitras, V ^a,b   Acharya, G ^a,b   Ytrehus, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Angiotensin II; Fibrosis; Heart remodelling; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C ALPHA; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HEART WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION; WISTAR RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEART; MYOCARDIUM; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79952498461     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02234.x     Document Type: Article

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