Beyond blood pressure: New roles for angiotensin II

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1008-1019

  Lucius, R ^a   Gallinat, S ^a,b   Busche, S ^a   Rosenstiel, P ^a   Unger, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Ger Inst High Blood Pressure Res   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Apoptosis; AT1 receptors; AT2 receptors; Differentiation; Regeneration; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEINASE; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CANDESARTAN; EPROSARTAN; IRBESARTAN; LOSARTAN; RENIN; TASOSARTAN; TELMISARTAN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VALSARTAN;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FLUID; CLONING; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANGIOTENSIN II; APOPTOSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 2; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; REGENERATION; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033396067     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050490     Document Type: Review

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