Frontiers in Research of the Renin-Angiotensin System on Human Disease

Corresponding Authors, Preface, 1: Role of ACE, ACE2 and Neprilysin in the kidney, Mark C. Chappell, 2: ACE Inhibition in Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease, D. John Campbell, 3: Proteases of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Acute Pancreatitis, R. Pezzilli and L. Fantini, 4: The Renin-Angiotensin System in Pancreatic Stellate Cells: Implications in the Development and Progression of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Seung-Hyun Ko, Yu-Bai Ahn, Ki-Ho Song and Kun-Ho Yoon, 5: Renin-Angiotensin System Proteases and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome: Pathopjysiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Implications, Guido Lastra, Camila Manrique and James R. Sowers, 6: The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Hepatic Fibrosis, J.S. Lubel, F.J. Warner and P.W. Angus, 7: The Renin-Angiotensin System in the Breast, Gavin P. Vinson, Stewart Barker, John R. Puddefoot and Massoumeh Tahmasebi, 8: Role of Local Renin-Angiotensin System in the Carotid Body and in Diseases, Man Lung Fung and Po Sing Leung, 9: Bone Homeostasis: An Emerging Role for the Renin-Angiotensin System, C. Serina, H. Huang, K. Nguyen, L. Li, S. Hsu, M. Chen, N. Yu and M. Forwood, 10: The Renin-Angiotensin System and its Inhibitors in Human Cancers, Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret, 11: The Skeletal Muscle RAS in Health and Disease, David R. Woods, 12: Local Angiotensin Generation and AT2 Receptor Activation, Joep H.M. van Esch and A.H. Jan Danser, 13: ADAMs as Mediators of Angiotensin II Actions, A.M. Bourne and W. G. Thomas, Index... Mehr