The midgestational maternal blood pressure decline is absent in mice lacking expression of the angiotensin II AT2 receptor

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 29-35

  Carey, Luke C ^a   Rose, James C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AT1a; AT2; mouse; mRNA; pregnancy; renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; KIDNEY; MIDGESTATIONAL MATERNAL BLOOD PRESSURE DECLINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RNA, MESSENGER; SYSTOLE;

EID: 79952549798     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470320310376986     Document Type: Article

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