Toll-like receptor 4 contributes to blood pressure regulation and vascular contraction in spontaneously hypertensive rats.

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Published in Clin Sci (Lond) on June 01, 2012

Authors

Gisele F Bomfim1, Rosangela A Dos Santos, Maria Aparecida Oliveira, Fernanda R Giachini, Eliana H Akamine, Rita C Tostes, Zuleica B Fortes, R Clinton Webb, Maria Helena C Carvalho

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pharmacology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. gifacholi@yahoo.com.br

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