Impact of AT2 receptor deficiency on postnatal cardiovascular development.

BACKGROUND: The angiotensin II receptor subtype 2 (AT2 receptor) is ubiquitously and highly expressed in early postnatal life. However, its role in postnatal cardiac development remained unclear. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Hearts from 1, 7, 14 and 56 days old wild-type (WT) and AT2 receptor-def...

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Main Authors: Daniel Biermann, Andreas Heilmann, Michael Didié, Saskia Schlossarek, Azadeh Wahab, Michael Grimm, Maria Römer, Hermann Reichenspurner, Karim R Sultan, Anna Steenpass, Süleyman Ergün, Sonia Donzelli, Lucie Carrier, Heimo Ehmke, Wolfram H Zimmermann, Lutz Hein, Rainer H Böger, Ralf A Benndorf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3483305?pdf=render