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Brain endogenous angiotensin II receptor type 2 (AT2-R) protects against DOCA/salt-induced hypertension in female rats

BACKGROUND: Recent studies demonstrate that there are sex differences in the expression of angiotensin receptor type 2 (AT2-R) in the kidney and that AT2-R plays an enhanced role in regulating blood pressure (BP) in females. Also, brain AT2-R activation has been reported to negatively modulate BP an...

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Autores principales: Dai, Shu-Yan, Peng, Wei, Zhang, Yu-Ping, Li, Jian-Dong, Shen, Ying, Sun, Xiao-Fei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4355980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885968
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12974-015-0261-4