Role of central and peripheral aminopeptidase activities in the control of blood pressure: A working hypothesis

Heart Failure Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-353

  Ramírez, Manuel ^a   Prieto, Isabel ^a   Alba, Francisco ^b   Vives, Francisco ^b   Banegas, Inmaculada ^a   de Gasparo, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c MG Consulting Co   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidases; Cardiovascular diseases; Cholesterol; Dietary fat; Environmental factors; Gender; Steroids; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; AMINOPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 4 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; NEUROPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDRATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 42049113850     PISSN: 13824147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10741-007-9066-6     Document Type: Article

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