The RAAS through its physiological effectors plays a key role in promoting and maintaining
inflammation. Inflammation is an important mechanism in the development and progression …

Hypertension is the major controllable risk factor associated with cardiovascular disease
(CVD) events such as myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and end-stage diabetes. A …

Food proteins contain latent biofunctional peptide sequences within their primary structures
which may have the ability to exert a physiological response in vivo. A large range of …

Antihypertensive and antiproteinuric efficacy of ramipril in children with chronic renal failure.
Background While the antihypertensive and renoprotective potency of angiotensin …

The renin‐angiotensin system (RAS) has been widely known as a circulating endocrine
system involved in the control of blood pressure. However, components of RAS have been …

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been demonstrated to play a critical role in the
initiation and progression of atherosclerosis, thereby contributing to development of …

Abstract NUP98-HOXA9, the chimeric protein resulting from the t (7; 11)(p15; p15)
chromosomal translocation, is a prototype of several NUP98 fusions that occur in …

The existence of a bone marrow renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is evidenced by the
association of renin, angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), and angiotensin (Ang) II and its …

The peptide hormone angiotensin II is well established to play an endocrine role in the
regulation of blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. In addition to its …

Reports of the beneficial health effects of some peptides have begun to make their way into
the scientific literature. Peptides can act as immunomodulators, and have been shown to …