Role of the AT2 receptor in modulating the angiotensin II contractile response of the uterine artery at mid-gestation

JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-183

  Pulgar, Victor M ^a   Yamashiro, Henry ^a   Rose, James C ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin I.I.; AT2; nitric oxide; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; MALE; MOUSE; MYOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFRACTORY PERIOD; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; UTERINE ARTERY; VASODILATATION;

15-HYDROXY-11 ALPHA,9 ALPHA-(EPOXYMETHANO)PROSTA-5,13-DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; UTERINE ARTERY; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 80052351437     PISSN: 14703203     EISSN: 17528976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470320310397406     Document Type: Article

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