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Local Renin-Angiotensin System in the Reproductive System
1 Jan 2013
Abstract excerpt
The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is well known as regulator of electrolytes and blood pressure. Besides this function, there are numerous studies supporting the idea of a local tissue RAS. This system controls the local activity of the different RAS family members, especially of the functional proteins Angiotensin II and Angiotensin (1-7). Those antagonistically acting proteins have been described to be...
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