The concentration of plasma angiotensinogen increases upon induction of inflammation.
Studies were carried out using serum samples collected from mice and rats after injection of …

To evaluate the role of vascular angiotensin II (Ang II) type 2 (AT 2 ) receptor in renovascular
hypertension, we investigated expressions of AT 2 receptor and endothelial nitric oxide …

We have examined whether expression of angiotensin II (Ang II) type 1 (AT 1 ) and/or type 2
(AT 2 ) receptors are changed in thoracic aorta under pressure-overload by abdominal …

We previously identified the E693Δ mutation in amyloid precursor protein (APP) in patients
with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and then generated APP-transgenic mice expressing this …

Abdominal aortic banding induces upregulation of the angiotensin II (Ang II) type-2 (AT 2 )
receptor, thereby decreasing the contractile response to Ang II in the thoracic aorta of the rat. …

OBJECTIVE: Cancer cells have characteristics, such as high telomerase activity and high
levels of migration activity and proliferation, which are very similar to those of germ cell …

The major route of cadmium (Cd) intake by non-smokers is through food ingestion. Cd is a
non-essential metal absorbed through one or more transporters of essential metal ions. …

The generation of kinins on the surface of vascular endothelium has been postulated in two
pathways involving plasma kallikrein and tissue kallikrein; the former pathway has been well …

Bradykinin is a vasoactive peptide that participates in numerous inflammatory processes,
vasodilation, and cell growth/survival; it mainly acts through two receptor subtypes, bradykinin …

The compound b-citryl-L-glutamate (b-CG) was initially isolated from developing brains,
though its functional roles remain unclear. In in vitro experiments, the [Fe (II)(b-CG)] complex …