Urotensin II induces hypertrophic responses in cultured cardiomyocytes from neonatal rats
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- 9 November 2001
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 508 (1) , 57-60
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(01)03015-0
Abstract
Urotensin II (UII), a cyclic neuropeptide, functions not only in the central nervous system but also in non‐neural systems including cardiovascular systems. In the present study we examined whether U...Keywords
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