The connexin40 A96S mutation causes renin-dependent hypertension

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1031-1040

  Lübkemeier, Indra ^a   Machura, Katharina ^b   Kurtz, Lisa ^b   Neubauer, Björn ^b   Dobrowolski, Radek ^a   Schweda, Frank ^b   Wagner, Charlotte ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a   Kurtz, Armin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 40; ENALAPRIL; MESSENGER RNA; RENIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOTYPE; HELA CELL; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; RENIN DEPENDENT HYPERTENSION; SODIUM RESTRICTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL JUNCTION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; CONNEXINS; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; RENIN; TRANSFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957686108     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2010101047     Document Type: Article

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