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Minireview: Overview of the Renin-Angiotensin System—An Endocrine and Paracrine System by Lavoie, Julie L, Sigmund, Curt D

“…Since the discovery of renin as a pressor substance in 1898, the renin-angiotensin (RAS) system has been extensively studied because it remains a prime…”
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FAS A‐670G and Fas ligand IVS2nt A 124G polymorphisms are significantly increased in women with pre‐eclampsia and may contribute to HELLP syndrome: a case‐controlled study by Raguema, N, Zitouni, H, Ben Ali Gannoun, M, Benletaifa, D, Almawi, WY, Mahjoub, T, Lavoie, JL

“…Objective We evaluated the association between the Fas‐670A/G and the Fas ligand FasL IVS2nt 124 A/G polymorphisms and the risk of pre‐eclampsia and its…”
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Increased blood pressure in transgenic mice expressing both human renin and angiotensinogen in the renal proximal tubule by Lavoie, Julie L, Lake-Bruse, Kristy D, Sigmund, Curt D

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological significance of a tissue renin-angiotensin system in the proximal tubule of the kidney. To…”
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Evidence Supporting a Functional Role for Intracellular Renin in the Brain by Lavoie, Julie L, Liu, Xuebo, Bianco, Robert A, Beltz, Terry G, Johnson, Alan Kim, Sigmund, Curt D

“…The brain renin–angiotensin system is implicated in the regulation of blood pressure (BP) and fluid homeostasis. Recent studies reveal that 2 forms of renin…”
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Adjacent Expression of Renin and Angiotensinogen in the Rostral Ventrolateral Medulla Using a Dual-Reporter Transgenic Model by Lavoie, Julie L, Cassell, Martin D, Gross, Kenneth W, Sigmund, Curt D

“…ABSTRACT—All components of the renin-angiotensin system are localized in the brain. However, because renin is present in very low concentrations, the mechanism…”
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Spontaneous stroke in a genetic model of hypertension in mice by IIDA, Shinichiro, BAUMBACH, Gary L, LAVOIE, Julie L, FARACI, Frank M, SIGMUND, Curt D, HEISTAD, Donald D

“…Hypertension is the most common risk factor for hemorrhagic stroke. An experimental model of stroke, the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHRSP),…”
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Localization of renin expressing cells in the brain, by use of a REN-eGFP transgenic model by Lavoie, Julie L, Cassell, Martin D, Gross, Kenneth W, Sigmund, Curt D

“…1 Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 2 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology,…”
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Untraditional methods for targeting the kidney in transgenic mice by Bianco, Robert A, Keen, Henry L, Lavoie, Julie L, Sigmund, Curt D

“…With the completion of the human genome project and the sequencing of many genomes of experimental models, there is a pressing need to determine the…”
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A farnesyltransferase inhibitor attenuated beta-adrenergic receptor downregulation in rat skeletal muscle by Lavoie, Julie L, Calderone, Angelino, Béliveau, Louise

“…Farnesylation represents an essential posttranslational modification of several well-defined proteins implicated in the homologous desensitization of the…”
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Transgenic mice for studies of the renin-angiotensin system in hypertension by Lavoie, J. L., Bianco, R. A., Sakai, K., Keen, H. L., Ryan, M. J., Sigmund, C. D.

“…Hypertension is a polygenic and multi‐factorial disorder that is extremely prevalent in western societies, and thus has received a great deal of attention by…”
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Bradykinin facilitates noradrenaline spillover during contraction in the canine gracilis muscle by Lavoie, J L, Béliveau, L

“…Noradrenaline spillover from skeletal muscle vascular areas increases during exercise but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Muscle contraction…”
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Effect of blood flow and muscle contraction on noradrenaline spillover in the canine gracilis muscle by Lavoie, J L, Trudeau, F, Béliveau, L

“…Many authors have reported that, during exercise, noradrenaline spillover increases and fractional extraction decreases. It has been suggested that the…”
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A Finite Sum of Products of Binomial Coefficients (C. C. Grosjean) by Flajolet, P., Salvy, B., Prodinger, Helmut

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Fractional Derivatives and Special Functions by Lavoie, J. L., Osler, T. J., Tremblay, R.

“…The fractional derivative operator is an extension of the familiar derivative operator Dnto arbitrary (integer, rational, irrational, or complex) values of n…”
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On Inverses of Finite Segments of the Generalized Hilbert Matrix by Lavoie, Jean L.

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Explicit Expressions for the Determinants of Certain Matrices by Lavoie, J. L., Michaud, R.

“…Explicit expressions for the determinants of twenty particular n-square matrices are given…”
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A biophysical basis of ligand-induced activation of excitable membranes and associated enzymes. A thermodynamic study using acetylcholinesterase as a model receptor by Belleau, B, Lavoie, J L

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