Calcitonin gene-related peptide protects against hypertension-induced heart and kidney damage.

Supowit, Scott C

Calcitonin gene-related peptide protects against hypertension-induced heart and kidney damage. [electronic resource] - Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) Jan 2005 - 109-14 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

1524-4563

10.1161/01.HYP.0000151130.34874.fa doi


Albuminuria--etiology
Animals
Aorta--pathology
Blood Pressure--genetics
Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide--deficiency
Capillaries--pathology
Coronary Disease--etiology
Desoxycorticosterone--toxicity
Femoral Artery--pathology
Glomerular Mesangium--pathology
Hypertension--complications
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular--etiology
Kidney Diseases--etiology
Male
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Myocarditis--etiology
Myocytes, Cardiac--pathology
Nephrectomy
Organ Size--drug effects
Sodium Chloride, Dietary--toxicity
Telemetry
Vasculitis--etiology