Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 119-132, March 2009

Purification and mechanism of action of “cortexin,” a novel antihypertensive protein hormone from kidney and its role in essential hypertension in men

  • Somashree Chakraborty, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Sinha Institute of Medical Science & Technology, Garia, Calcutta, India
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  • Gausal A. Khan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sinha Institute of Medical Science & Technology, Garia, Calcutta, India
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  • Soumendra K. Karmohapatra, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Sinha Institute of Medical Science & Technology, Garia, Calcutta, India
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  • Rabindra Bhattacharya, MBBS, DTMH

      Affiliations

    • Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta, India
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  • Gorachand Bhattacharya, MBBS, MD

      Affiliations

    • Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, Calcutta, India
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  • A. Kumar Sinha, DSc

      Affiliations

    • Sinha Institute of Medical Science & Technology, Garia, Calcutta, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: A. Kumar Sinha, DSc, Sinha Institute of Medical Science & Technology, 288 Kendua Main Road, Garia, Calcutta 700084, India. Tel: +91 99 03792100; fax: +91 33 24127905.

Received 9 September 2008; accepted 20 November 2008. published online 11 February 2009.

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 See accompanying Editorial on page 76.

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(08)00218-0

doi:10.1016/j.jash.2008.11.002

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 3, Issue 2 , Pages 119-132, March 2009