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Pleiotrophin is an important regulator of the renin-angiotensin system in mouse aorta.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Nov 2004
Herradon Gonzalo, Ezquerra Laura, Nguyen Trang, Vogt Thomas F, Bronson Roderick, Silos-Santiago Inmaculada, Deuel Thomas F
Abstract excerpt
To better understand the phenotype of pleiotrophin (PTN the protein, Ptn the gene) genetically deficient mice (Ptn -/-), we compared the transcriptional profiles of aortae obtained from Ptn -/- and wild type (WT, Ptn +/+) mice using a 14,400 gene microarray chip (Affymetrix) and confirmed the analysis of relevant genes by real time RT-PCR. We found striking alterations in expression levels of different genes of...
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