Table of Contents:
  • Are local renin-angiotensin systems the focal points for understanding salt sensitivity in hypertension? / Edward D. Frohlich
  • Newer insights into the biochemical physiology of the renin-angiotensin system : role of angiotensin-(1-7) angiotensin converting enzyme 2, and angiotensin-(1-12) / Carlos M. Ferrario, Jewell A. Jessup, and Jasmina Varagic
  • Renin, prorenin, and the (pro)renin receptor / Genevieve Nguyen and Aurelie Contrepas
  • Intracellular accumulation and nuclear trafficking of angiotensin II and the angiotensin II type receptor / Julia L. Cook and Richard N. Re
  • Pathophysiologic implications of cell swelling in the failing heart : influence of intracrine and extracellular renin-angiotensin systems / Walmor C. De Mello
  • Exploiting rat genetics to investigate hypertensive end-organ damage / Xiaoujun Liu ... [et al.]
  • Alternative renin transcripts and functions of cytoplasmatic renin / Jörg Peters and Heike Wanka
  • Novel aspects of the cardiac renin-angiotensin system / Vivek P. Singh, Kenneth M. Baker, and Rajesh Kumar
  • Intracrine function from angiotensin to stem cells / Richard N. Re and Julia L. Cook
  • Renin cell identity and homeostasis / R. Ariel Gómez ... [et al.]
  • Role of renal aminopeptidases and angiotensin Type-2 (AT₂) receptors in sodium excretion and hypertension / Robert M. Carey ... [et al.]
  • Intrarenal angiotensin II augmentation in hypertension / Romer A. Gonzalez-Villalobos and L.G. Navar
  • Collecting duct renin : a critical link in angiotensin II-dependent hypertension / Minolfa C. Prieto and L. Gabriel Navar
  • Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and cardiomyocyte apoptosis in hypertensive heart disease / Arantxa González ... [et al.]
  • 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 / Jawahar L. Mehta ... [et al.]
  • Salt and heart : RAAS involvement / Jasmina Varagic and Carlos M. Ferrario
  • Cardiac effects of aldosterone the bad, but is there also a good? / Ludovic Bénard ... [et al.]