Article
Spontaneous development of malignant phase hypertension in transgenic Ren-2 rats.
Kidney international - 1 Dec 1994
Whitworth C E, Fleming S, Cumming A D, Morton J J, Burns N J, Williams B C, Mullins J J
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous development of malignant phase hypertension in TGR(mREN2)27 heterozygotes occurs as a consequence of crossing TGR(mREN2)27 homozygotes with Edinburgh Sprague-Dawley rats. Similarities to human malignant phase hypertension are seen with an accelerated rise in blood pressure, fibrinoid...
Topics
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Blood Pressure
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Hypertension, Malignant
- Kidney
- Male
- Phenotype
- Rats
- Rats, Inbred Lew
