Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, May 19th, 2005
Study 1: Neuronal transduction yields angiotensin II type 2 receptor overexpression.
"The angiotensin II (Ang II) type 2 receptor (AT2R) is localized at specific nuclei within adult rat brain. However, a lack of specific approaches for manipulating the activity of neuronal AT2R has meant that the physiological actions of these sites in the brain remain to be established," scientists writing in the journal Regulatory Peptides report.
"Therefore, in this study, our aim was to develop a method by which AT2R can be specifically overexpressed in...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2005-05-19)
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