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Pharmacological knockout of endothelin ET(A) receptors.
Life sciences - 5 Dec 2003
Taniguchi Takanobu, Muramatsu Ikunobu
Abstract excerpt
We employed newly developed antagonists, which are specific for endothelin ET(A) receptors, to test whether this drug could mimic the phenotype of the mouse with corresponding gene knock out. Newborn rats, whose dams were given the ET(A) antagonist from day 7 of gestation, exhibited the typical ET(A)-lacking phenotypes like craniofacial abnormalities and major vessel anomalies. Interestingly, craniofacial...
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