The Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System

The Local Cardiac Renin-Angiotensin Aldosterone System, Second Edition updates new findings on the local renin-angiotensin systems (RAS) with a focus on the local RAASs of the cardiovascular system and kidney. Edward D. Frohlich, M.D., M.A.C.P, F.A.C.C., is the Alton Ochsner Distinguished Scientist...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Frohlich, Edward D. (Editor), Re, Richard N. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
Edition:Second Edition.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Are Local Renin–Angiotensin Systems the Focal Points for Understanding Salt Sensitivity in Hypertension?
  • Newer Insights into the Biochemical Physiology of the Renin–Angiotensin System: Role of Angiotensin-(1-7), Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2, and Angiotensin-(1-12)
  • Renin, Prorenin, and the (Pro)renin Receptor
  • Intracellular Accumulation and Nuclear Trafficking of Angiotensin II and the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor
  • Pathophysiologic Implications of Cell Swelling in the Failing Heart: Influence of Intracrine and Extracellular Renin–Angiotensin Systems
  • Exploiting Rat Genetics to Investigate Hypertensive End-Organ Damage
  • Alternative Renin Transcripts and Functions of Cytoplasmatic Renin
  • Novel Aspects of the Cardiac Renin–Angiotensin System
  • Intracrine Function from Angiotensin to Stem Cells
  • Renin Cell Identity and Homeostasis
  • Role of Renal Aminopeptidases and Angiotensin Type-2 (AT2) Receptors in Sodium Excretion and Hypertension
  • Intrarenal Angiotensin II Augmentation in Hypertension
  • Collecting Duct Renin: A Critical Linkin Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension
  • Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System and Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in Hypertensive Heart Disease
  • Upregulation of Angiotensin II Type 2 Receptor (agtr2) Attenuates Atherosclerotic Lesion Formation and Enhances Apoptosis in the LDL Receptor Knockout Mice Fed High Cholesterol Diet
  • Salt and Heart: RAAS Involvement
  • Cardiac Effects of Aldosterone, the Bad, but Is There Also a Good?.