ACE2: Angiotensin II/angiotensin-(1-7) balance in cardiac and renal injury

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Varagic, Jasmina ^a   Ahmad, Sarfaraz ^a   Nagata, Sayaka ^a   Ferrario, Carlos M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Angiotensin (1 7); Angiotensin converting enzyme 2; Diabetes; Heart; Heart failure; Hypertension; Kidney; Left ventricular remodeling; Renal disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN I (1 7); ANGIOTENSIN I (1-7); ANGIOTENSIN II; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY INJURY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RENAL PROTECTION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANGIOTENSIN I; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A;

EID: 84893161111     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-014-0420-5     Document Type: Review

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