Anti-fibrotic potential of AT2 receptor agonists

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue AUG, 2017, Pages

  Wang, Yan ^a   Del Borgo, Mark ^a   Lee, Huey W ^a   Baraldi, Dhaniel ^a   Hirmiz, Baydaa ^a   Gaspari, Tracey A ^a   Denton, Kate M ^a   Aguilar, Marie Isabel ^a   Samuel, Chrishan S ^a   Widdop, Robert E ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AT2 receptor; Cardiac fibrosis; Compound 21; Inflammation; Renal fibrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85028471491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2017.00564     Document Type: Article

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