The angiotensin-(1-7)/mas receptor axis is expressed in sinoatrial node cells of rats

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 761-768

  Ferreira, Anderson J ^a   Moraes, Patrícia L ^a   Foureaux, Giselle ^a   Andrade, Alexandre B ^a   Santos, Robson A S ^a   Almeida, Alvair P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin ii; Angiotensin converting enzyme 2; Cardiac arrhythmias; Connexin43; Heart; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7][7 DEXTRO ALANINE]; CONNEXIN 43; PROTEIN MAS; RINGER SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RATE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SINUS NODE; STAINING; TACHYCARDIA; WISTAR RAT;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SINOATRIAL NODE;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 80051727132     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155411411712     Document Type: Article

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