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

  • Po Sing Leung
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Part of the Proteases in Biology and Disease book series (PBAD, volume 7)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages I-XII
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  2. Role of ACE, ACE2 and Neprilysin in the Kidney
    Mark C. Chappell
    Pages 1-20
  3. ACE Inhibition in Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease
    Duncan J. John Campbell
    Pages 21-54
  4. Proteases of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Acute Pancreatitis
    R. Pezzilli, L. Fantini
    Pages 55-71
  5. 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, Kun-Ho Yoon
    Pages 73-86
  6. Renin-Angiotensin System Proteases and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome: Pathophysiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Implications
    Guido Lastra, Camila Manrique, James R. Sowers
    Pages 87-111
  7. The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Hepatic Fibrosis
    J.S. Lubel, F.J. Warner, P.W. Angus
    Pages 113-134
  8. The Renin-Angiotensin System in the Breast
    Gavin P. Vinson, Stewart Barker, John R. Puddefoot, Massoumeh Tahmasebi
    Pages 135-153
  9. Role of Local Renin-Angiotensin System in the Carotid Body and in Diseases
    Man Lung Fung, Po Sing Leung
    Pages 155-177
  10. Bone Homeostasis: An Emerging Role for the Renin-Angiotensin System
    C. Sernia, H. Huang, K. Nguyuen, Y-H. Li, S. Hsu, M. Chen et al.
    Pages 179-195
  11. The Renin-Angiotensin System and its Inhibitors in Human Cancers
    Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret
    Pages 197-220
  12. The Skeletal Muscle RAS in Health and Disease
    David R. Woods
    Pages 221-245
  13. Local Angiotensin Generation and AT2 Receptor Activation
    Joep H.M. Van Esch, A.H. Jan Danser
    Pages 247-272
  14. ADAMs as Mediators of Angiotensin II Actions
    A.M. Bourne, W.G. Thomas
    Pages 273-301
  15. Back Matter
    Pages 303-304
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About this book

Keywords

biology cancer diseases heart kidney muscle research

Editors and affiliations

  • Po Sing Leung
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Physiology, Faculty of MedicineThe Chinese University of Hong KongShatinChina

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6372-5
  • Copyright Information Springer 2007
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Biomedical and Life Sciences
  • Print ISBN 978-1-4020-6371-8
  • Online ISBN 978-1-4020-6372-5
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