Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 403-409 , November 2008

Fine tuning of blood pressure by the regulator of G protein signaling (RGS) 2

  • Andrey Ch. da Costa Goncalves, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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  • Friedrich C. Luft, MD

      Affiliations

    • Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
    • Medical Faculty of the Charité, Franz Volhard Clinic, HELIOS Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Volkmar Gross, MD

      Affiliations

    • Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Volkmar Gross, MD, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany. Tel: +49 30 9406 3140; fax: +49 30 9406 3121

Received 3 March 2008 ,Accepted 13 May 2008.

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 This study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid from the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Gr 1112/9-3 and Gr 1112/13-1) and the “Nationales Genomforschungsnetz (KGCV1 in NGFN2, 01GS0416)” to VG.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(08)00094-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2008.05.006

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 2, Issue 6 , Pages 403-409 , November 2008

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