Utero-placental expression of angiotensin-(1-7) and ACE2 in the pregnant guinea-pig

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Valdés, Gloria ^a   Corthorn, Jenny ^a   Bharadwaj, Manish S ^b   Joyner, JaNae ^b   Schneider, Daniela ^a   Brosnihan, K B ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; BRADYKININ RECEPTOR; BRADYKININ RECEPTOR 2; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; KALLIKREIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOMETRIUM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANIMALS; DECIDUA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; UTERINE ARTERY; UTERUS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA;

EID: 84872465597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-11-5     Document Type: Article

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