Prenatal exposure to interleukin-6 results in hypertension and increased hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity in adult rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 4897-4911

  Samuelsson, Anne Maj ^a,c   Öhrn, Iris ^a   Dahlgren, Jovanna ^b   Eriksson, Elias ^c   Angelin, Bo ^d   Folkow, Björn ^c   Holmäng, Agneta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Institute for the Health of Women and Children   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VAGINA SMEAR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 9244224625     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0742     Document Type: Article

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