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Synthesis of prostaglandin E2 by renal medulla from SHR and WKY rats was compared during early postnatal development. Although arterial blood pressure was significantly higher in SHR as early as 6 weeks of age, no difference in renal medullary prostaglandin synthesis was observed.
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Supported in part by a grant from the michigan Heart Association and NIH grant AM-10913.
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Stygles, V.G., Reinke, D.A., Rickert, D.E. et al. Increased blood pressure in the SHR is not related to a deficit in renomedullary PGE2. Experientia 34, 1025–1026 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01915324
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