- ►nih.gov G Nguyen, F Delarue, C Burcklé, L Bouzhir, T … - Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2002 - Am Soc Clin Investig Renin is an aspartyl protease essential for the control of blood pressure and
was long suspected to have cellular receptors. We report the expression cloning
of the human renin receptor complementary DNA encoding a 350–amino acid ... Cited by 395 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►unito.it [PDF] Z Lenkei, M Palkovits, P Corvol, C Llorens- … - Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 1997 - Elsevier The discovery that all components of the renin–angiotensin system (RAS) are
present in the central nervous system led investigators to postulate the
existence of a local brain RAS. Supporting this, angiotensin immunoreactive ... Cited by 151 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►ahajournals.org CJ Moravski, DJ Kelly, ME Cooper, RE Gilbert, … - Hypertension, 2000 - Am Heart Assoc Both angiotensin II and vascular endothelial growth factor are angiogenic agents
that have recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of proliferative diabetic
retinopathy. In this study, retinal neovascularization was examined in a ... Cited by 110 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
A Okamura, H Rakugi, M Ohishi, Y Yanagitani, … - Journal of hypertension, 1999 - journals.lww.com Background We have demonstrated that accumulated macrophages in human coronary
arteries strongly express angiotensin converting enzyme in accordance with the
development of atheromatous plaques. However, there are few reports on the ... Cited by 112 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
RE Gilbert, DJ Kelly, AJ Cox, JL Wilkinson- … - Diabetologia, 2000 - Springer Despite laser photocoagulation therapy, diabetic ret- inopathy remains a common
cause of visual impair- ment and blindness [1], principally as a consequence of
proliferative retinopathy and macular oedema. Al- Cited by 111 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov H Funatsu, H Yamashita, Y Nakanishi, S Hori - British journal of ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: During vitreoretinal surgery at the Tokyo Women's Medical University,
vitreous fluid samples were obtained from 51 eyes of diabetic patients with PDR,
six eyes of diabetic patients without retinopathy, and 16 eyes of ... Cited by 80 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
A Otani, H Takagi, H Oh, S Koyama, Y Honda - Diabetes, 2001 - Am Diabetes Assoc Recent studies have shown that angiopoietins (Angs) and their receptor, Tie2,
play a role in vascular integrity and neovascularization. The renin-angiotensin
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- ►pnas.org RB Silver, AC Reid, CJ Mackins, T Askwith, U … - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2004 - National Acad Sciences In addition to the traditional renin–angiotensin system, a great deal of
evidence favors the existence of numerous independent tissue-specific
renin–angiotensin systems. We report that mast cells are an additional ... Cited by 54 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
M Coca-Prados, J Escribano, J Ortego - Progress in retinal and eye research, 1999 - Elsevier The generation of expression and subtractive libraries from the ocular ciliary
body and cultured ciliary epithelial cells has been instrumental in the cloning,
identification and characterization of many genes which, overall reflect a ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - All 3 versions
