Genetic knockdown of estrogen receptor-alpha in the subfornical organ augments ANG II-induced hypertension in female mice

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 6, 2014, Pages R507-R516

  Xue, Baojian ^a   Zhang, Zhongming ^e   Beltz, Terry G ^a   Guo, Fang ^a   Hay, Meredith ^c,d   Johnson, Alan Kim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Evelyn F McKnight Brain Institute   (United States)

^e NANYANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ANG II; Blood pressure; Estrogen receptor ; Nervous system; Subfornical organ

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; CRE RECOMBINASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENOMIC DNA; HEXAMETHONIUM; MESSENGER RNA; NESTIN; RENIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; EXON; FEMALE; GANGLION BLOCK; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESSOR RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; HEART RATE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; HEART RATE; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NESTIN; PHENOTYPE; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84930852374     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00406.2014     Document Type: Article

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