Alamandine: A new member of the angiotensin family

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 130-134

  Villela, Daniel C ^a   Passos Silva, Danielle G ^a   Santos, Robson A S ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE CARDIOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alamandine; Angiotensin A; Angiotensin (1 7); Mas related G coupled receptor type D; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSINS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84894070139     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mnh.0000441052.44406.92     Document Type: Review

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