Ang II upregulation of the T-lymphocyte renin-angiotensin system is amplified by low-grade inflammation in human hypertension

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 716-723

  Coppo, Mirella ^a   Bandinelli, Manuela ^a   Berni, Andrea ^a   Galastri, Sara ^a   Abbate, Rosanna ^a   Poggesi, Loredana ^a   Marra, Fabio ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a,b   Boddi, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

angiotensin; blood pressure; hypertension; lymphocytes; renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN II; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN II; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 79956134761     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2011.32     Document Type: Article

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