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ANP in regulation of arterial pressure and fluid-electrolyte balance: lessons from genetic mouse models.
Physiological genomics - 29 Jun 2000
Melo L G, Steinhelper M E, Pang S C, Tse Y, Ackermann U
Abstract excerpt
The recent development of genetic mouse models presenting life-long alterations in expression of the genes for atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) or its receptors (NPR-A, NPR-C) has uncovered a physiological role of this hormone in chronic blood pressure homeostasis. Transgenic mice overexpressing a transthyretin-ANP fusion gene are hypotensive relative to the nontransgenic littermates, whereas mice harboring...
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