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Angiotensinogen in human essential hypertension.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) - 1 Dec 1996
Caulfield M, Lavender P, Newell-Price J, Kamdar S, Farrall M, Clark A J
Abstract excerpt
The candidacy of angiotensinogen for a role in the genetic basis of hypertension is supported by the observation that plasma angiotensinogen levels track with raised blood pressure through families. In addition, transgenic mice with overexpression of a rat angiotensinogen gene develop hypertension, and knockout mice with a disrupted gene and absent angiotensinogen production develop low blood pressure. There are...
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