From converting enzyme inhibition to angiotensin II receptor blockade: New insight on angiotensin II receptor subtypes in the kidney

Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages 8-19

  Wolf, Gunter ^a   Neilson, Eric G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACE inhibitor; AT1 receptor; AT2 receptor; Kidney; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINO 3 METHYLBENZYL) 5 DIPHENYLACETYL 4,5,6,7 TETRAHYDROIMIDAZO[4,5 C]PYRIDINE 6 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN; NICOTINOYLTYROSYL(N BENZYLOXYCARBONYLARGINYL)LYSYLHISTIDYLPROLYLISOLEUCINE;

HUMAN; KIDNEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029752959     PISSN: 10187782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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