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SUBMITTER: Urmila A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8651430 | biostudies-literature | 2021
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Urmila Aswar A Rashmi Patil P Nilam Ghag G Subhash Bodhankar B
Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS 20211130
The RAS (renin-angiotensin system) is the part of the endocrine system that plays a prime role in the control of essential hypertension. Since the discovery of brain RAS in the seventies, continuous efforts have been put by the scientific committee to explore it more. The brain has shown the presence of various components of brain RAS such as angiotensinogen (AGT), converting enzymes, angiotensin (Ang), and specific receptors (ATR). AGT acts as the precursor molecule for Ang peptides-I, II, III, ...[more]