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

Herausgegeben:Leung, Po Sing

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The primary aim of this book is to provide a topical and timely forum for the critical appraisal of an area of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) research that is expanding rapidly. In this respect, a collection of thirteen chapters from distinguished and world-class experts in the field has been presented on the contemporary research of the RAS and their implications in human disease. This book is an indispensable tool tailor-made for specialists, non-specialists and the novice.

Produktdetails

• Proteases in Biology and Disease 7
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Netherlands
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-90-481-7617-5
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2007
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9789048176175
• ISBN-10: 9048176174
• Artikelnr.: 32094273

Inhaltsangabe

Role of ACE, ACE2 and Neprilysin in the Kidney.- ACE Inhibition in Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease.- Proteases of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Acute Pancreatitis.- The Renin-Angiotensin System in Pancreatic Stellate Cells: Implications in the Development and Progression of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.- Renin-Angiotensin System Proteases and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome: Pathophysiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Implications.- The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Hepatic Fibrosis.- The Renin-Angiotensin System in the Breast.- Role of Local Renin-Angiotensin System in the Carotid Body and in Diseases.- Bone Homeostasis: An Emerging Role for the Renin-Angiotensin System.- The Renin-Angiotensin System and its Inhibitors in Human Cancers.- The Skeletal Muscle RAS in Health and Disease.- Local Angiotensin Generation and AT2 Receptor Activation.- ADAMs as Mediators of Angiotensin II Actions.