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Reduced growth, abnormal kidney structure, and type 2 (AT2) angiotensin receptor-mediated blood pressure regulation in mice lacking both AT1A and AT1B receptors for angiotensin II.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Dec 1998
Oliverio M I, Kim H S, Ito M, Le T, Audoly L, Best C F, Hiller S, Kluckman K, Maeda N, Smithies O, Coffman T M
Abstract excerpt
The classically recognized functions of the renin-angiotensin system are mediated by type 1 (AT1) angiotensin receptors. Whereas man possesses a single AT1 receptor, there are two AT1 receptor isoforms in rodents (AT1A and AT1B) that are products of separate genes (Agtr1a and Agtr1b). We have gen...
Topics
- Adrenal Glands
- Angiotensin II
- Angiotensinogen
- Animals
- Atrophy
- Blood Pressure
- Crosses, Genetic
- Epinephrine
- Female
- Growth
- Homozygote
