Figure 2. Northern blot autoradiographs for renin (top), angiotensinogen (AGT; middle), and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH; bottom) mRNAs.

Comparisons were made between left kidneys taken from rats either losartan treated, 10 mg kg⁻¹ b.i.d. for 5 days i.p., (Los-Cnt) or non-treated (Cnt) which were immediately killed, and losartan-treated rats in which RPP was reduced to 60 mmHg for 3 h (Los-60 mmHg).