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Angiotensin is a protein hormone; it is a part of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS), that causes blood vessels to become narrower, helps to maintain blood pressure and fluid balance in the body. It is the primary effector hormone that secreted in response to physiological stimuli. Despite, there is now general agreement that RAS is known to be muc...
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... I) under effectiveness by renin ( Figure 1) Ang I split into Ang II by endothelial-bound ACE in the lungs. Renin explicitly released from the juxtaglomerular cells of the kidneys in response to low pressures. ...
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... after secretion into the circulation, then catalyzes cleavage of angiotensinogen which is released from liver by cutting a short 10 amino acid long and peptide off the plasma protein angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. The short peptide Angiotensin I is then converted by the removal of 2 amino acids to form the octapeptide angiotensin II, by the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) found in the lung capillaries which is the primary location for (ACE) [13] (Figure 1). ...
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... II also urges the adrenal cortex to secrete the hormone aldosterone Hence, it also called reninangiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS). Aldosterone triggers and causes increase in the sodium and water reabsorption through the renal tubules, whereas at the same time, to maintain electrolyte balance, causing the excretion of potassium then increases the volume of extracellular fluid in the body, which lead to increases blood pressure [15] (Figure 1). ...
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