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    The reninangiotensin system (RAS), or reninangiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS), is a hormone system that regulates blood pressure, fluid and electrolyte...
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    kidneys that participates in the body's reninangiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS)—also known as the reninangiotensin–aldosterone axis—that increases the...
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    Angiotensin is a peptide hormone that causes vasoconstriction and an increase in blood pressure. It is part of the reninangiotensin system, which regulates...
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    activity of angiotensin-converting enzyme, an important component of the reninangiotensin system which converts angiotensin I to angiotensin II, and hydrolyses...
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    Angiotensin-converting enzyme (EC 3.4.15.1), or ACE, is a central component of the reninangiotensin system (RAS), which controls blood pressure by regulating...
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    block the arteriolar contraction and sodium retention effects of reninangiotensin system. Their main uses are in the treatment of hypertension (high blood...
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    Losartan (category Angiotensin II receptor antagonists)
    the reninangiotensin system. As a result of losartan dosing, plasma renin activity increases due to removal of the angiotensin II feedback. Renin is released...
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    Renin inhibitors are pharmaceutical drugs inhibiting the activity of renin that is responsible for hydrolyzing angiotensinogen to angiotensin I, which...
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    PMID 877549. "Angiotensin II receptor blocker", Wikipedia, 2022-07-26, retrieved 2022-08-10 Wilson JX (1984). "The renin-angiotensin system in nonmammalian...
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  • reninangiotensin system: they are responsible for the signal transduction of the vasoconstricting stimulus of the main effector hormone, angiotensin...
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