Frontiers in Physiology, 2014 Hypertension is a major risk factor for stroke, coronary events, heart and renal failure, and the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) plays a major role in its pathogenesis.
Sheila K Patel +7 more
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Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients Receiving Cardiotoxic Cancer Therapies Are Clinicians Responding Optimally? [PDF]
, 2010 ObjectivesThe purpose of this study was to examine treatment practices for cancer therapy-associated decreased left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) detected on echocardiography and whether management was consistent with American College of ...
Carlson, Robert W. +5 more
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JIIS: Jurnal Ilmiah Ibnu SinaKedabu (Sonneratia ovata. Backer) merupakan salah satu jenis mangrove dari genus Sonneratia dengan kandungan tinggi flavonoid yang berpotensi sebagai antioksidan. Kandungan flavonoid dalam tumbuhan kedabu meliputi sonnerphenolic, vanillin, (-
Danang Raharjo +2 more
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Mechanisms of the antihypertensive effects of Nigella sativa oil in L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats
Clinics, 2015 OBJECTIVES: This study was conducted to determine whether the blood pressure-lowering effect of Nigella sativa might be mediated by its effects on nitric oxide, angiotensin-converting enzyme, heme oxygenase and oxidative stress markers.
Kamsiah Jaarin +8 more
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism does not influence the restenosis rate after coronary stent implantation [PDF]
, 2002 Background. Experimental studies have shown an activation of the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) system as a response to endothelial injury. Recent publications have elucidated the hypothesis that the ACE gene polymorphism may influence the level of ...
de Jaegere, Peter +10 more
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 inhibits lung injury induced by respiratory syncytial virus
Scientific Reports, 2016 Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection is a major cause of severe lower respiratory illness in infants and young children, but the underlying mechanisms responsible for viral pathogenesis have not been fully elucidated. To date, no drugs or vaccines
Hongjing Gu +17 more
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Onset of experimental severe cardiac fibrosis is mediated by overexpression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 [PDF]
, 2009 Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 is a recently identified homologue of ACE. There is great interest in the therapeutic benefit for ACE2 overexpression in the heart.
Allen, James M. +12 more
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The use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in general medicine
South African Family Practice, 2012 Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are a class of drugs commonly used in the management of hypertension, congestive heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, stable coronary heart disease and diabetes-associated nephropathy.
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The Effect of Eight-Week Aerobic Training on Serum Angiotensin Converting Enzyme and Lipid Profile in Inactive Overweight Women [PDF]
Journal of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, 2019 Background & Objective: At present, the prevalence of hypertension is growing and one of the contributing factors in the occurrence and development of hypertension and atherosclerosis is impaired renin–angiotensin system which in this system endothelium ...
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Pharmacotherapy and analysis of gaseous mediators in hypertensive patients
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP, 2015 OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of using antihypertensive classes of drugs of the calcium channel antagonists and inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme in plasma concentrations of hydrogen sulfide and nitric oxide in patients with hypertension ...
Letícia Palota Eid +4 more
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