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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
Language:English
Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
Edition:Second Edition.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Cardiology.
Endocrinology.
Medicine & Public Health.
Online Access:https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0528-4
Table of Contents:
  • Salt and Disease: Can Local Renin-Angiotensin Systems be Reciprocal?
  • Uncovering the Biochemical Physiology of the Renin-Angiotensin System
  • The (Pro)Renin Receptor
  • Functional Analysis of Intracellular Angiotensin AT-! Receptor
  • Intracardiac RAS and Calcium Flux
  • Exploiting Rat Genetics to Investigate Hypertensive End Organ Damage
  • Alternative Renin Transcripts and Intracellular Renin
  • Cardiomyocyte Renin-Angiotensin
  • Intracrine Physiology and the RAS
  • The Development of Renin Synthesis in the Kidney
  • Angiotensin III: AT2 Receptor Agonist Inducing Natriuresis
  • The Renal RASs
  • Renal Tubular RAS / RAS and Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis
  • The RAS and Atherogenesi
  • Salt and the Heart
  • Aldosterone-Induced Gender Specific Coronary Dysfunction due to Altered Expression in SMC Ca-Activated K (BKCa) Channels
  • Bradykinin/Ace Inhibitor Interactions
  • Kinin B1 Receptors and Carboxypeptidase M Interact on the Cell Surface to Facilitate B1 Signaling and High Output NO Production.

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