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

1. Role of ACE, ACE2 and Neprilysin in the Kidney
Mark C. Chappell

2. ACE Inhibition in Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease
Duncan J. John Campbell

3. Proteases of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Human Acute Pancreatitis
R. Pezzilli, L. Fantini

4. 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

5. Renin-Angiotensin System Proteases and the Cardiometabolic Syndrome: Pathophysiological, Clinical and Therapeutic Implications
Guido Lastra, Camila Manrique, James R. Sowers

6. The Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Hepatic Fibrosis
J.S. Lubel, F.J. Warner, P.W. Angus

7. The Renin-Angiotensin System in the Breast
Gavin P. Vinson, Stewart Barker, John R. Puddefoot, Massoumeh Tahmasebi

8. Role of Local Renin-Angiotensin System in the Carotid Body and in Diseases
Man Lung Fung, Po Sing Leung

9. Bone Homeostasis: An Emerging Role for the Renin-Angiotensin System
C. Sernia, H. Huang, K. Nguyuen, Y-H. Li, S. Hsu, M. Chen, N. Yu, M. Forwood

10. The Renin-Angiotensin System and its Inhibitors in Human Cancers
Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret

11. The Skeletal Muscle RAS in Health and Disease
David R. Woods

12. Local Angiotensin Generation and AT2 Receptor Activation
Joep H.M. Van Esch, A.H. Jan Danser

13. ADAMs as Mediators of Angiotensin II Actions
A.M. Bourne, W.G. Thomas

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Medicine/Public Health, general