Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) system in the lung of Rana esculenta.
The atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-system was examined in Rana esculenta lung with cytochemical and immunocytochemical methods. The results showed a cellular type that synthesizes the hormone and the presence of receptors in various components of the lung. The lung, therefore, produces ANP and at the same time is a target organ for the hormone. ANP may play an important physiological role in pulmonary function and in protecting against pulmonary edema.
Tei
Simonetta
S
Dipartimento di Biologia cellulare e molecolare, University of Perugia, 06100 Perugia, Italy. stei@unipg.it
Di Rosa
Ines
I
Clarioni
Romina
R
Vagnetti
Daniela
D
D000818:Animals; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011654:Pulmonary Edema; D011893:Rana esculenta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000378:metabolism
D045265:Natriuretic Peptides