An increase in perfusion pressure and activation of the renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis of hypertension and injury: strain vessels and the cerebrovascular-renal connection

Hypertens Res. 2012 Oct;35(10):972-4. doi: 10.1038/hr.2012.108. Epub 2012 Aug 23.

Authors

Kouichi Tamura¹, Akinobu Maeda, Kazushi Uneda, Hiromichi Wakui, Toru Dejima, Hiroshi Mitsuhashi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Yuko Tsurumi-Ikeya, Yasuo Tokita, Satoshi Umemura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Science and Cardiorenal Medicine, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan. tamukou@med.yokohama-cu.ac.jp

PMID: 22914554
DOI: 10.1038/hr.2012.108

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / physiology
Angiotensin II / physiology
Animals
Blood Pressure
Cerebrovascular Circulation*
Humans
Hypertension / etiology*
Kidney / blood supply*
Rats
Renal Circulation*
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / complications
Renin-Angiotensin System / physiology*

Substances

AGTRAP protein, human
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Angiotensin II