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Targeted disruption of the gene for natriuretic peptide receptor-A worsens hypoxia-induced cardiac hypertrophy
1 Jan 2002
Abstract excerpt
Targeted disruption of the gene for natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) worsens pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular hypertrophy during hypoxia, but its effect on left ventricular mass and systemic pressures is not known. We examined the effect of 3 wk of hypobaric hypoxia (0.5 atm) on right and left ventricular pressure and mass in mice with 2 (wild type), 1, or 0 copies of Npr1, the gene that encodes...
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