Diabetic nephropathy is the number one cause of endstage renal disease in the United States. Blood pressure is most important in delaying the progression of renal disease in persons with diabetes and, agents that block the renin angiotensin system (RAS) should be the primary agents used to achieve blood pressure reduction. There is debate regarding which method of RAS blockade should be used as...

Human ACE (angiotensin-I-converting enzyme) has long been regarded as an excellent target for the treatment of hypertension and related cardiovascular diseases. Highly potent inhibitors have been developed and are extensively used in the clinic. To develop inhibitors with higher therapeutic efficacy and reduced side effects, recent efforts have been directed towards the discovery of compounds a...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors today are the standard therapy of patients with myocardial infarction and heart failure due to their proven beneficial effects in left ventricular remodeling and left ventricular function. ACE inhibitors have also been demonstrated to lead to regression of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). It is believed that the mechanism of action of LVH regres...

Blockage of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is now recognized as an effective approach to the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure. Today, it is possible to antagonize the effects of angiotensin II (AT-II) more specifically by blocking its receptors by using nonpeptide receptor antagonists. AT-II-receptor antagonists were developed as agents that would more completely block...

Our long-term goal is to use angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to mitigate the increase in lung collagen synthesis that is induced by irradiation to the lung, which could result from accidental exposure or radiological terrorism. Rats (WAG/RijCmcr) were given a single dose of 13 Gy (dose rate of 1.43 Gy/min) of X-irradiation to the thorax. Three structurally-different ACE inhibitor...

BACKGROUND Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have been reported to reduce the response to erythropoietin (EPO) administration in chronic hemodialysis patients, but the mechanism for this effect has not yet been clarified. To clarify the mechanism of ACE inhibitors- and angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist-induced anemia in hemodialysis patients, we examined the effect of...

BACKGROUND Existing clinical trial data do not address whether all angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are similarly beneficial in improving survival and reducing the rate of readmission among patients with congestive heart failure. We sought to answer this question using administrative databases from Canada's 3 most populous provinces. METHODS Using linked hospital discharge and p...

In the simple suspension method, intended medicine is suspended in hot water when administered to a patient by tube. Suspension of laxative, magnesium oxide reported hydrolyze ester-type drugs. Because several angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors have ester bonds their structure, may cause incompatibility with an ACE inhibitor. The purpose this study was clarify effect on stability ei...

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) is a dipeptidyl peptidase transmembrane-bound enzyme (for review see Ref. 2). A soluble form of ACE in plasma is derived from the plasma membrane-bound form by proteolytic cleavage of its COOHterminal domain. There are two distinct isoforms of ACE: somatic and testicular. They are transcribed from a single gene at different initiation sites. The somatic form ...

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) regulates the body's hemodynamic equilibrium, circulating volume, and electrolyte balance, and is a key therapeutic target in hypertension, the world's leading cause of premature mortality. Hypertensive disorders are strongly linked with an overactive RAAS, and RAAS inhibitors, like angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin re...