Development of fetal brain renin-angiotensin system and hypertension programmed in fetal origins

Progress in Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 252-263

  Mao, Caiping ^a   Shi, Lijun ^b   Xu, Feichao ^a   Zhang, Lubo ^a,c   Xu, Zhice ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING SPORT UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Fetal brain; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN II [3-8]; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CATHEPSIN D; CHYMASE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LOSARTAN; OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN; RENIN; THYROTROPIN; TONIN; VASOPRESSIN;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY FLUID; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FETAL MALNUTRITION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 63149133099     PISSN: 03010082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2008.12.001     Document Type: Review

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