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Sildenafil and cardiomyocyte-specific cGMP signaling prevent cardiomyopathic changes associated with dystrophin deficiency by Khairallah, M, Khairallah, R.J, Young, M.E, Allen, B.G, Gillis, M.A, Danialou, G, Deschepper, C.F, Petrof, B.J, Des Rosiers, C

“…We recently demonstrated early metabolic alterations in the dystrophin-deficient mdx heart that precede overt cardiomyopathy and may represent an early…”
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Advancing the Spontaneous Hypertensive Rat Model of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder by Kantak, K. M, Singh, T, Kerstetter, K. A, Dembro, K. A, Mutebi, M. M, Harvey, R. C, Deschepper, C. F, Dwoskin, L. P

“…To advance the spontaneous hypertensive rat (SHR) model of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), experiments examined the SHR in tasks recognized to…”
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M13-tailed primers improve the readability and usability of microsatellite analyses performed with two different allele-sizing methods by Boutin-Ganache, I, Raposo, M, Raymond, M, Deschepper, C F

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Chromosome Y genetic variants: impact in animal models and on human disease by Prokop, J W, Deschepper, C F

“…Chromosome Y (chrY) variation has been associated with many complex diseases ranging from cancer to cardiovascular disorders. Functional roles of chrY genes…”
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Neurosteroid biosynthesis: genes for adrenal steroidogenic enzymes are expressed in the brain by Mellon, S H, Deschepper, C F

“…To determine if neurosteroids (steroids synthesized in the brain) are produced by enzymes found in steroidogenic tissues, we determined if mRNA for five…”
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Cosegregation Analysis in Genetic Crosses Suggests a Protective Role for Atrial Natriuretic Factor Against Ventricular Hypertrophy by Masciotra, S, Picard, S, Deschepper, C F

“…In most rat models studied to date, increased ventricular mass is associated with high ventricular expression of the atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene…”
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Distinct gene-sex interactions regulate adult rat cardiomyocyte width and length independently by Boutin-Ganache, I, Picard, S, Deschepper, C. F

“…Experimental Cardiovascular Biology Research Unit, Institut de Recherche Cliniques de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2W 1R7 Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and…”
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Analysis by Immunocytochemistry and in situ Hybridization of Renin and Its mRNA in Kidney, Testis, Adrenal, and Pituitary of the Rat by Deschepper, Christian F., Mellon, Synthia H., Cumin, Frédéric, Baxter, John D., Ganong, William F.

“…Renin gene expression in cells and tissues of the rat was examined by in situ hybridization histochemistry and immunocytochemistry. By using a mouse cDNA…”
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Directed Establishment of Rat Brain Cell Lines With the Phenotypic Characteristics of Type 1 Astrocytes by Radany, Eric H., Brenner, Michael, Besnard, Francois, Bigornia, Violeta, Bishop, J. Michael, Deschepper, Christian F.

“…Interest in obtaining cell lines for use in studies on the development and biochemistry of the central nervous system has motivated efforts to establish cells…”
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Long-chain fatty acids modify hypertrophic responses of cultured primary neonatal cardiomyocytes by Zahabi, A, Deschepper, C F

“…In vivo, the normal heart obtains at least 60% of its energy from lipids and the remainder from glucose. Several lines of evidence indicate that an increase in…”
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Vascular Structure and Expression of Endothelin-1 Gene in L-NAME-Treated Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats by Sventek, Pavol, Li, Jin-S, Grove, Kevin, Deschepper, Christian F, Schiffrin, Ernesto L

“…Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase by L-arginine analogues is associated with elevation of blood pressure in rats. Deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt…”
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Extra-Atrial Expression of the Gene for Atrial Natriuretic Factor by Gardner, David G., Deschepper, Christian F., Ganong, William F., Hane, Satoshi, Fiddes, John, Baxter, John D., Lewicki, John

“…Atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) is a group of peptides, originally isolated from the cardiac atria, that have a number of important effects on blood pressure,…”
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Adrenal vasoactive intestinal peptide participates in neonatal corticosteroid production in the rat by Bodnar, M, Sarrieau, A, Deschepper, C F, Walker, C D

“…Neonatal rats (3-14 days old) exhibit a period of adrenal hyporesponsiveness characterized by blunted corticosterone (B) responses to stress and reduced…”
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Vagal C-fiber blockade abolishes sympathetic inhibition by atrial natriuretic factor by Schultz, H D, Gardner, D G, Deschepper, C F, Coleridge, H M, Coleridge, J C

“…Administration of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) to anesthetized rats decreases renal nerve activity (RNA), an effect prevented by vagotomy but not by…”
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Effects of thyroid hormones on angiotensinogen gene expression in rat liver, brain, and cultured cells by Hong-Brown, L Q, Deschepper, C F

“…We examined the effect of chronic hypo- and hyper- thyroidism on angiotensinogen (AOG) gene expression in rat liver and brain. Chronic hypothyroidism resulted…”
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Cyclic GMP Inhibits a Pharmacologically Distinct Na+/H+ Exchanger Variant in Cultured Rat Astrocytes via an Extracellular Site of Action by Touyz, Rhian M., Picard, Sylvie, Schiffrin, Ernesto L., Deschepper, Christian F.

“…: There is growing evidence that cyclic GMP (cGMP) plays important roles in the brain. In cultured rat astrocytes, we observed that the cGMP‐inducing C‐type…”
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Gene for the rat atrial natriuretic peptide is regulated by glucocorticoids in vitro by GARDNER, D. G, GERTZ, B. J, DESCHEPPER, C. F, KIM, D. Y

“…Glucocorticoids regulate the expression of the gene for atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in neonatal cardiocytes. Dexamethasone (Dex) increased cytoplasmic ANP…”
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Comparison of effect of endothelin antagonism and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition on blood pressure and vascular structure in spontaneously hypertensive rats treated with Nω-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester : Correlation with topography of vascular endothelin-1 gene expression by LI, J.-S, DENG, L. Y, GROVE, K, DESCHEPPER, C. F, SCHIFFRIN, E. L

“…Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase by L-arginine analogues such as N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) is…”
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Angiotensinogen production by rat astroglial cells in vitro and in vivo by Intebi, A D, Flaxman, M S, Ganong, W F, Deschepper, C F

“…To investigate the production of angiotensinogen by the brain, primary cultures were prepared from the brains of one-day-old rats. Two to four weeks after…”
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Evidence that the gonadotrophs are the likely site of production of angiotensin II in the anterior pituitary of the rat by Deschepper, C F, Crumrine, D A, Ganong, W F

“…To determine whether the angiotensin II-like immunoreactivity (AII-IR) previously reported in rat gonadotrophs is generated locally, we stained for AII-IR in…”
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