Tissue Renin-Angiotensin Systems: Current Concepts of Local Regulators in Reproductive and Endocrine Organs

by Amal Mukhopadhyay

Recent progress in recombinant DNA technology and the availability of a number of nonpeptide subtype-specific receptor antagonists and of specific antibodies to components of prorenin-renin-angiotensin system (PRAS) have led to rapid advances in the under- standing of the multifaceted role of angiotensin II, classically known as a peptide hormone of cardiovascular homeostasis. Accumulating evidence sug- responsible for the regulation gests that, in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306450771
• ISBN13: 9780306450778
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 10.0"