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Cardiac angiotensin-(1-12) expression and systemic hypertension in rats expressing the human angiotensinogen gene.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 15 Apr 2016
Ferrario Carlos M, VonCannon Jessica, Jiao Yan, Ahmad Sarfaraz, Bader Michael, Dell'Italia Louis J, Groban Leanne, Varagic Jasmina
Abstract excerpt
Angiotensin-(1-12) [ANG-(1-12)] is processed into ANG II by chymase in rodent and human heart tissue. Differences in the amino acid sequence of rat and human ANG-(1-12) render the human angiotensinogen (hAGT) protein refractory to cleavage by renin. We used transgenic rats harboring the hAGT gene [TGR(hAGT)L1623] to assess the non-renin-dependent effects of increased hAGT expression on heart function and arterial...
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