Population
Subcultured aortic smooth muscle cells, cultured rat mesangial cells, and bovine pulmonary artery…
Comparison
Rat atrial natriuretic factor [rANF-] and… vs Control or cANF
Design
Preclinical
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Hypothesis-generating for ANP C-receptor effects on VSMC growth in animals; leaves open any human vascular disease relevance.
Atrial natriuretic peptide analogues inhibit vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation via a cyclic nucleotide-independent mechanism involving the C-type receptor.
Cahill et al. (1994) studied this question.
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