Sex and salt intake dependent renin-angiotensin plasticity in the liver of the rat

Abstract

Objective. Epidemiological studies confirm that hypertensive patients respond differently to renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibition depending on their gender. The aim of present work is to focus on sex-dependent differences in RAS regulation under conditions of increased salt intake.

Keywords

• hypertension
• salt diet
• male
• female
• at1 receptor
• angiotensinogen
• mas receptor
• vegf-1