Connective tissue growth factor induction in a pressure-overloaded heart ameliorated by the angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker olmesartan.

Iwamoto, Mutsumi

Connective tissue growth factor induction in a pressure-overloaded heart ameliorated by the angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker olmesartan. [electronic resource] - Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension Dec 2010 - 1305-11 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1348-4214

10.1038/hr.2010.189 doi


Analysis of Variance
Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers--pharmacology
Animals
Antihypertensive Agents--pharmacology
Cardiomegaly--drug therapy
Connective Tissue Growth Factor--administration & dosage
Echocardiography
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Fibrosis
Heart--drug effects
Hydralazine--pharmacology
Imidazoles--pharmacology
Immunohistochemistry
Male
Myocardium--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Tetrazoles--pharmacology
Transforming Growth Factor beta1--genetics