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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… 
National Institutes of Health

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11 relations
AldosteroneAngiotensin IIAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsKallikrein-Kinin System

Narrower (3)

AngiotensinsPeptidyl-Dipeptidase ARenin

Broader (2)

Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Systemvasoactive agent

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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Estrogen decreases hypothalamic angiotensin II AT1 receptor binding and mRNA in the female rat
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Heritable unstable DNA sequences
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A role for the adrenal renin-angiotensin system in the regulation of potassium-stimulated aldosterone production.
Potassium is a major regulator of aldosterone production. It also increases adrenal renin. The causal relationship between… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Effects of synthetic atrial natriuretic peptide on renal function and renin release in acute experimental heart failure.
Studies were performed in anesthetized control dogs (n = 6) and in dogs (n = 6) with acute low-output heart failure produced by… 
Review
1984
Review
1984
The renin-angiotensin system in nonmammalian vertebrates.
The most primitive components of the RAS appeared early in the phylogenetic history of vertebrate animals. It is probable that… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors: Medicinal chemistry and biological actions
A decade of experimentation, with work in the last four years greatly accelerated by the availability of captopril, favors the… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Increased sodium appetite in the rat induced by intracranial administration of components of the renin‐angiotensin system.
1. Intracranial injections of components of the renin‐angiotensin system in rats in normal water and Na balance caused an… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Renin, Angiotensin, and Norepinephrine in Alloxan Diabetes
The renin-angiotensin system and catecholamines were evaluated in short term alloxan diabetic rats which were either “severely… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Effects of oral contraceptive therapy on the renin-angiotensin system.
ABSTRACT During treatment with estrogenprogestogen oral contraceptive preparations, blood levels of angiotensin II measured by… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The role of a renal thirst factor in drinking induced by extracellular stimuli
1. Rats in normal fluid balance drank water 1–2 hr after complete ligation of the inferior vena cava either above or below the… 
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