Circulating Exosomes Induced by Cardiac Pressure Overload Contain Functional Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptors
Author(s) -
Gianluigi Pironti,
Ryan T. Strachan,
Dennis Abraham,
Samuel Mon-Wei Yu,
Minyong Chen,
Wei Chen,
Kenji Hanada,
Lan Mao,
Lewis J. Watson,
Howard A. Rockman
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.115.015687
Subject(s) - microvesicles , pressure overload , angiotensin ii , receptor , microbiology and biotechnology , exosome , medicine , endocrinology , biology , heart failure , biochemistry , microrna , cardiac hypertrophy , gene
Whether biomechanical force on the heart can induce exosome secretion to modulate cardiovascular function is not known. We investigated the secretion and activity of exosomes containing a key receptor in cardiovascular function, the angiotensin II type I receptor (AT1R).
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