The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is a highly regulated hormonal cascade that plays a central role in the control of blood pressure and the maintenance of renal homeostasis. Its components, including ...

Unique Characteristics of Hypertension in Blacks That Influence BP Responses to Drugs That Block the Renin-Angiotensin Activating System (RAAS) Blockade of the RAAS in Blacks for Cardiovascular and ...

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is now known to play a key role in the pathogenesis of hypertension and a range of other cardiovascular diseases. Two groups of drugs, the ACE ...

Fourteen normotensive and 14 hypertensive black men with mild essential low-renin hypertension were examined during two protocols producing sodium depletion (less than 40 mmol sodium diet per day) for ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Angiotensin II is the principle effector molecule of the renin angiotensin System (RAS). It exerts its various actions on the cardiovascular ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, scientists worldwide are racing to understand how the virus affects the body. Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19 ...

Tsukuba, Japan - Genes encode proteins and proteins dictate cell function. Therefore, the thousands of genes expressed in a cell determine what that cell can do. Among the multiple elements that are ...

A potential association between the use of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting–enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has not been well ...