Last year, doctors studying the SARS virus were at first confused to find that the virus bound to a receptor in the renin-angiotensinsystem, a pathway not previously associated with the lungs.
Conclusions Early blockade of the renin-angiotensinsystem in patients with type 1 diabetes did not slow nephropathy progression but slowed the progression of retinopathy.
Objective To observe the effects of antihypertensive agents on reninangiotensin aldosterone system, blood pressure and myocardial hypertrophy induced by high salt diet plus cold stress.