Angiotensin renin

ANPs play an important role in the maintenance of cardiovascular homeostasis by counterbalancing the renin—angiotensin (RAS) system. ANP, the main circulating form of the natriuretic peptides, effectively relaxes vascular smooth muscle, promotes the excretion of sodium and water, and in the CNS inhibits vasopressin release and antagonizes AT-II induced thirst. [Pg.528]

In some patients with hypertension and in all patients with cardiac failure, the renin-angiotensin system is activated to an undesired degree, burdening the heart. The consequences of diminished ANG II generation by ACE inhibitors are multiple. In patients with hypertension, blood pressure is reduced as a result... [Pg.9]

Blood Pressure Control Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosteron System... [Pg.11]

Bader M, Paul M, Fernandesz-Alfonso M et al (1994) Molecular biology and biochemistry of the renin-angiotensin system, Chap. 11. In Swales ID (ed) Textbook of hypertension. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, London, Edinburgh, pp 214-232... [Pg.11]

Bader M, Peters J, Baltatu O et al (2001)Tissue renin-angiotensin systems new insights from experimental animal models in hypertension research. J Mol Med 79 76-102... [Pg.11]

Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System ACE Inhibitors Nuclear Factor-icB... [Pg.89]

When the temporal sequence of adjustments of blood pressure is analysed it seems, that CNS mechanisms (e.g., baroreflexes) will provide regulation of the circulation within seconds to minutes. Other mechanisms, such as the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and fluid shifts, occur over minutes to hours. Only the... [Pg.274]

Hyperaldosteronism is a syndrome caused by excessive secretion of aldosterone. It is characterized by renal loss of potassium. Sodium reabsorption in the kidney is increased and accompanied by an increase in extracellular fluid. Clinically, an increased blood pressure (hypertension) is observed. Primary hyperaldosteronism is caused by aldosterone-producing, benign adrenal tumors (Conn s syndrome). Secondary hyperaldosteronism is caused by activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Various dtugs, in particular diuretics, cause or exaggerate secondary peadosteronism. [Pg.606]

Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Epithelial Na+ Channels ACE Inhibitors... [Pg.607]

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) generates the peptide hormone angiotensin II and subsequently the mineralocorticoid aldosterone, which both exert considerable impact on blood pressure ( blood pressure control) and fluid homeostasis, and... [Pg.1066]

Hermann K, Ring J The renin-angiotensin system in patients with repeated anaphylactic reactions during Hymenoptera venom hyposensitization and sting challenge. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1997 11 251-256. [Pg.10]

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