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Role of Menkes ATPase in angiotensin II-induced hypertension: a key modulator for extracellular superoxide dismutase function.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Nov 2008
Qin Zhenyu, Gongora Maria Carolina, Ozumi Kiyoshi, Itoh Shinichi, Akram Kamran, Ushio-Fukai Masuko, Harrison David G, Fukai Tohru
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The extracellular superoxide dismutase (SOD3), a secretory copper-containing enzyme, regulates angiotensin II (Ang II)-induced hypertension by modulating levels of extracellular superoxide anion. The present study was designed to determine the role of the copper transporter Menkes ATPase (MNK) in Ang II-induced SOD3 activity and hypertension in vivo. Here we show that chronic Ang II infusion enhanced systolic...
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