An Update on the Tissue Renin Angiotensin System and Its Role in Physiology and Pathology

In its classical view, the renin angiotensin system (RAS) was defined as an endocrine system involved in blood pressure regulation and body electrolyte balance. However, the emerging concept of tissue RAS, along with the discovery of new RAS components, increased the physiological and clinical relev...

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Published inJournal of cardiovascular development and disease Vol. 6; no. 2; p. 14
Main Authors Nehme, Ali, Zouein, Fouad A., Deris Zayeri, Zeinab, Zibara, Kazem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI 29.03.2019
MDPI AG
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expression
physiology
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
Review
tissue
physiology
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
tissue
expression
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Summary:In its classical view, the renin angiotensin system (RAS) was defined as an endocrine system involved in blood pressure regulation and body electrolyte balance. However, the emerging concept of tissue RAS, along with the discovery of new RAS components, increased the physiological and clinical relevance of the system. Indeed, RAS has been shown to be expressed in various tissues where alterations in its expression were shown to be involved in multiple diseases including atherosclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and renal fibrosis. In this chapter, we describe the new components of RAS, their tissue-specific expression, and their alterations under pathological conditions, which will help achieve more tissue- and condition-specific treatments.
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ISSN:2308-3425
2308-3425
DOI:10.3390/jcdd6020014