Renin uptake by the endothelium mediates vascular angiotensin formation

KF Hilgers, R Veelken, DN Müller, H Kohler… - …, 2001 - Am Heart Assoc
We investigated the role of the vascular endothelium in the local production of angiotensin.
Angiotensin release from isolated rat hindquarters perfused with an artificial medium was …

Angiotensin II regulates renin gene expression

DW Johns, MJ Peach, RA Gomez… - American Journal …, 1990 - journals.physiology.org
We investigated the effect of angiotensin II (ANG II) and enalapril on accumulation of renin
messenger RNA (mRNA) and on renal renin distribution (immunohistochemical analysis) …

Angiotensinogen is cleaved to angiotensin in isolated rat blood vessels.

KF Hilgers, U Hilgenfeldt, R Veelken, T Muley… - …, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
The cleavage of synthetic tetradecapeptide renin substrate has been used to infer the
presence of renin in the walls of isolated blood vessels; however, the conversion of natural …

Regulation of vascular angiotensin release.

H Kato, N Iwai, H Inui, K Kimoto, Y Uchiyama… - …, 1993 - Am Heart Assoc
To investigate the regulatory mechanism of the vascular renin-angiotensin system, we
perfused isolated rat hind legs with plasma-free buffer and quantified angiotensin peptides …

Angiotensin formation in the isolated rat hindlimb

KF Hilgers, M Kuczera, MJ Wilhelm… - Journal of …, 1989 - journals.lww.com
Local vascular generation of angiotensin was investigated in isolated perfused rat
hindquarters. Extraction and combined high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) …

Significance of vascular renin for local generation of angiotensins.

K Higashimori, J Gante, G Holzemann, T Inagami - Hypertension, 1991 - Am Heart Assoc
The effects of specific renin inhibitors, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors,
indomethacin, and prostaglandin I2 analogue on the release of angiotensins from isolated …

Angiotensinases restrict locally generated angiotensin II to the blood vessel wall

KF Hilgers, E Bingener, C Stumpf, DN Müller… - …, 1998 - Am Heart Assoc
We tested the hypothesis that angiotensinases limit the spillover of locally formed
angiotensin II into the circulation. The release of angiotensin peptides from isolated rat …

Local angiotensin formation in hindlimbs of uremic hypertensive and renovascular hypertensive rats

M Kuczera, KF Hilgers, C Lisson, D Ganten… - Journal of …, 1991 - journals.lww.com
To examine and characterize the vascular renin-angiotensin system in low-renin models of
renal hypertension with and without the presence of overt renal insufficiency, we studied the …

Is angiotensin II made inside or outside of the cell?

W Chai, AHJ Danser - Current hypertension reports, 2005 - Springer
Angiotensin synthesis at tissue sites is well-established, and depends largely, if not
completely, on kidney-derived renin. The exact tissue site of angiotensin generation …

Renin and angiotensinogen gene expression and intrarenal renin distribution during ACE inhibition

RA Gomez, KR Lynch, RL Chevalier… - American Journal …, 1988 - journals.physiology.org
To define whether intrarenal renin and angiotensinogen synthesis and distribution are
affected by angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibition, a control group of adult, male …