The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is a highly regulated hormonal cascade that plays a central role in the control of blood pressure and the maintenance of renal homeostasis. Its components, including ...

A potential association between the use of angiotensin-receptor blockers (ARBs) and angiotensin-converting–enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and the risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has not been well ...

Fourteen normotensive and 14 hypertensive black men with mild essential low-renin hypertension were examined during two protocols producing sodium depletion (less than 40 mmol sodium diet per day) for ...

Unique Characteristics of Hypertension in Blacks That Influence BP Responses to Drugs That Block the Renin-Angiotensin Activating System (RAAS) Blockade of the RAAS in Blacks for Cardiovascular and ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers conducted an umbrella review and meta-analysis of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors' impact on ...

Tsukuba, Japan - Genes encode proteins and proteins dictate cell function. Therefore, the thousands of genes expressed in a cell determine what that cell can do. Among the multiple elements that are ...

In this rapidly evolving setting, clinicians are weighing the alleged harm of continuing these medications in patients for whom ACE inhibitors and ARBs have known benefit against the harm to their ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, scientists worldwide are racing to understand how the virus affects the body. Caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), COVID-19 ...

Water and sodium retention during severe hypothyroidism create a state of volume depletion, low extracellular fluid osmolality and increased water retention. The hypothyroid population is ...