"Myocardium/*analysis/metabolism"

Molecular forms of immunoactive atrial natriuretic peptide released from cultured rat atrial myocytes.

Primary cultures of atrial myocytes were prepared from newborn rats and maintained for 8 days in complete serum-free medium. The culture content of immunoactive atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) increased from 10 to 25 ng/culture during this time. The …