The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is a highly regulated hormonal cascade that plays a central role in the control of blood pressure and the maintenance of renal homeostasis. Its components, including ...

The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) remains a cornerstone of cardiovascular and renal physiology, orchestrating vital aspects of blood pressure regulation and fluid-electrolyte balance. At the heart of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . RAS blockers had similar mortality benefit by race in patients with HFrEF. RAS blockers improved HF ...

New Orleans, La. (March 27, 2007) -- A combination of two medicines that act against the effects of the enzyme renin are more effective in lowering blood pressure than either of the medicines alone, ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers conducted an umbrella review and meta-analysis of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors' impact on ...

In this rapidly evolving setting, clinicians are weighing the alleged harm of continuing these medications in patients for whom ACE inhibitors and ARBs have known benefit against the harm to their ...

A new study compared the effects of renin-angiotensin-system inhibitor and calcium channel blocker therapy on the risks for kidney replacement therapy, major cardiovascular events, and death among ...

THE role of the kidney in the regulation of blood pressure through the mediation of renin was first suggested by the classic experiments of Goldblatt. 1 Although there was considerable initial ...

"I feel better, but my mind isn't the same." Four years after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, such comments are still heard regularly in many medical practices in South Africa. What began as a ...

Key parameters that influence surgical strategy in localised kidney cancer. Association of ACEI/ARB with tumor regression.

During the 1990s, medicinal chemist Anders Hallberg was working in his lab at the Department of Medicinal Chemistry. He was exploring a hormonal system in the body that regulates blood pressure, among ...

Utility of the Breast Cancer Index (BCI) in the clinical practice. CD205, a target antigen for a novel ADC: Evaluation of antigen expression on TNBC, pancreatic adenocarcinoma and bladder urothelial ...