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… (More)
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Review
2008
Review
2008
Renin-angiotensin system revisited.
New components and functions of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) are still being unravelled. The classical RAS as it looked in… (More)
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Renin-angiotensin system and cardiovascular risk
The renin-angiotensin system is a major regulatory system of cardiovascular and renal function. Basic research has revealed… (More)
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Review
2006
Review
2006
Physiology of local renin-angiotensin systems.
Since the first identification of renin by Tigerstedt and Bergmann in 1898, the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Angiotensin-(1-7) is an endogenous ligand for the G protein-coupled receptor Mas.
The renin-angiotensin system plays a critical role in blood pressure control and body fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. Besides… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) is a negative endocrine regulator of the renin-angiotensin system.
Inappropriate activation of the renin-angiotensin system, which plays a central role in the regulation of blood pressure… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Pivotal role of the renin/prorenin receptor in angiotensin II production and cellular responses to renin.
Renin is an aspartyl protease essential for the control of blood pressure and was long suspected to have cellular receptors. We… (More)
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Review
2002
Review
2002
Vascular inflammation and the renin-angiotensin system.
It is now well established that vascular inflammation is an independent risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. In… (More)
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Review
2000
Review
2000
International union of pharmacology. XXIII. The angiotensin II receptors.
The cardiovascular and other actions of angiotensin II (Ang II) are mediated by AT(1) and AT(2) receptors, which are seven… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A novel angiotensin-converting enzyme-related carboxypeptidase (ACE2) converts angiotensin I to angiotensin 1-9.
ACE2, the first known human homologue of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), was identified from 5' sequencing of a human heart… (More)
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Autocrine release of angiotensin II mediates stretch-induced hypertrophy of cardiac myocytes in vitro
Hypertrophy is a fundamental adaptive process employed by postmitotic cardiac and skeletal muscle in response to mechanical load… (More)
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