Project supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(No 2003033439);supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No 30470730);the Medical Science Foundation of Hebei Province Health Department(No 2 K010).
Aim: To study whether urotensin Ⅱ (UⅡ), a potent vasoconstrictive peptide, is involved in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and fibrogenesis of rats induced by isoproterenol (ISO). Methods: Thirty male Wi...