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Brain natriuretic peptide decreases pulmonary artery pressure in rats with pulmonary hypertension
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2005)INTRODUCTION: B-type or Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) was first isolated from the porcine brain, but it is primarily secreted from the cardiac ventricles in humans. As a cardiac hormone it has a physiologic regulatory ...