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Renin-angiotensin system

Known as: Renin Angiotensin System, System, Renin-Angiotensin, angiotensin renin system 
A BLOOD PRESSURE regulating system of interacting components that include RENIN; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME; ANGIOTENSIN I… 
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AldosteroneAngiotensin IIAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsKallikrein-Kinin System

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AngiotensinsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ARenin

Broader (2)

Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Systemvasoactive agent

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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
CGP 38 560: Orally Active, Low‐Molecular‐Weight Renin Inhibitor with High Potency and Specificity
CGP 38 560 is a low-molecular-weight (730) inhibitor of human renin that contains only one natural amino acid. In vitro, it is a… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Regulation of renin angiotensins by gonadotropic hormones in cultured murine Leydig tumor cells. Release of angiotensin but not renin.
Renin and angiotensins coexist in various tissues. The mode of control of the extrarenal renin-angiotensin system is not clear… 
Review
1980
Review
1980
Converting Enzyme Inhibition and the Kidney
SUMMARY We review information on the renal response to converting enzyme inhibition, and attempt to evaluate the evidence that a… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Dopaminergic modulation of aldosterone secretion is independent of alterations in renin secretion.
This study was designed to determine if dopaminergic modulation of aldosterone secretion is mediated through the renin… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Activation of a Prorenin‐Like Substance in Human Plasma by Trypsin and by Urinary Kallikrein
SUMMARY Inactive plasma renin (a prorenlp-like substance) can be activated by trypsin. There are also endogenous neutral serine… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Role of the renin-angiotensin system in post-transplantation hypertension in patients with multiple kidneys.
To define the role of the renin-angiotensin system in post-transplantation hypertension we studied 12 hypertensive recipients of… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
The Renin–Angiotensin System during Controlled Hypotension with Sodium Nitroprusside
The role of the rennin–angiotensin system in blood pressure homeostasis during sodium nitroprusside (SNP) infusion in the rat was… 
1976
1976
A role for renin in rebound hypertension and encephalopathy after infusion of saralasin acetate (Sar1-Ala8-angiotensin II).
Blood-pressure reduction by specific angiotensin II inhibition with Sar1-Ala8-angiotensin II (saralasin acetate, P113) has been… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Recent developments in pathophysiologic studies of the renin-angiotensin system.
THE role of the kidney in the regulation of blood pressure through the mediation of renin was first suggested by the classic… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
MECHANISMS REGULATING ALDOSTERONE SECRETION DURING SODIUM DEPLETION.
Steroid secretion was studied in conscious dogs before and during 4 days of Na depletion. A threefold increase in aldosterone… 
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