Frontiers in Research of the Renin-Angiotensin System on Human Disease

Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Leung, Po Sing. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
Series:Proteases in Biology and Disease ; 7
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6372-5
Table of Contents:
  • Role of ACE, ACE2 and Neprilysin in the Kidney
  • ACE Inhibition in Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease
  • Proteases of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Acute Pancreatitis
  • The Renin-Angiotensin System in Pancreatic Stellate Cells: Implications in the Development and Progression of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Proteases and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome: Pathophysiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Implications
  • The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Hepatic Fibrosis
  • The Renin-Angiotensin System in the Breast
  • Role of Local Renin-Angiotensin System in the Carotid Body and in Diseases
  • Bone Homeostasis: An Emerging Role for the Renin-Angiotensin System
  • The Renin-Angiotensin System and its Inhibitors in Human Cancers
  • The Skeletal Muscle RAS in Health and Disease
  • Local Angiotensin Generation and AT2 Receptor Activation
  • ADAMs as Mediators of Angiotensin II Actions.