Hypertension and hormone mechanisms
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Hypertension and hormone mechanisms
（Contemporary endocrinology）
Humana Press, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book reviews novel developments in the endocrinology of hypertension with emphasis on new discovery during the past five years and perspectives on the future. It is written by authors who have spearheaded recent advances. With a focus on new developments in hormones and autacoids related to hypertension, the book provides a resource that will lead to new, active research in the fundamental mechanisms of hypertension.
Table of Contents
Hypertension and Hormonal Mechanisms
Chapter Outline
(A) New Developments in the Renin-Angiotensin System
1. The Intrarenal Renal-Angiotensin System
Minolfa C. Prieto-Carrasquero, Hiroyuki Kobori and L. Gabriel Navar
Tulane University
2. Cardiac and Vascular Renin-Angiotensin Systems
Rajesh Kumar, Kenneth M. Baker and Jing Pan
Texas A & M University Health System
3. Regulation of Cardiovascular Control Mechanisms by Angiotensin (1-7)
and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme-2
Carlos M. Ferrario, David B. Averill, K. Bridget Brosnihan, Mark C. Chappell, Debra I. Diz, Patriciai E. Gallagher, Liomar A.A. Neves and E. Ann Tallant
Wake Forest University
4. Angiotensin IV and the AT4 Receptor
T. A. Jenkins, F.A.O. Mendelsohn, A.L. Albiston and S.Y. Chai
Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine, Melbourne
5. AT2 Receptors in Blood Pressure Regulation
Robert M. Carey and Helmy M. Siragy
University of Virginia Health System
6. Angiotensin II and Inflammation
Rhian M. Touyz and Ernesto L. Schiffrin
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
7. Aldosterone and Vascular Damage
Hilton V. Joffe, Gordon H. Williams and Gail K. Adler
Harvard Medical School
(B) The Sympatho-Adrenal System in Hypertension
8. Neurogenic Human Hypertension
David Robertson, Andre Diedrich and Italo Biaggioni
Vanderbilt University
9. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide and Hypertension
Donald J. DiPette and Scott C. Supowit
Texas A& M University
10. The Renal Dopaminergic System in Hypertension
Pedro A. Jose, Robert M. Carey and Robin A. Felder
Georgetown University and the University of Virginia Health
System
(C) Metabolic Disorders and Hypertension
11. The Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Hypertension
James R. Sowers
University of Missouri
12. Fatty Acids and Hypertension
Brent M. Egan
Medical University of South Carolina
13. Goal-Oriented Hypertension Management in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic
Patients
Gregory M. Singer, John F. Setaro and Henry R. Black
Rush Presbyterian - St. Luke's Medical Cente
(D) Endothelial Hormones and Autacoids and Hypertension
14. Nitric Oxide and Hypertension
David L. Mattson and Allen W. Cowley
Medical College of Wisconsin
15. Role of Endothelin 1 in Hypertension
Ernesto L. Schiffrin
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
16. The Kallekrein/Kinin System and Hypertension
Julie Chao and Lee Chao
Medical University of South Carolina
(E) Other Hormonal Systems and Hypertension
17. Natriuretic Peptides and Hypertension
Kailesh N. Pandey
Tulane University
18. Sex Steroids and Hypertension
Suzanne Oparil and Andrew Miller
University of Alabama Birmingham
19. The Lipoxygenase System in the Vasculature and Hypertension
Naftali Stern and Michael Tuck
Tel Aviv University and UCLA School of Medicine
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