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ReviewJournal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS2021

Recent Advances in the Endogenous Brain Renin-Angiotensin System and Drugs Acting on It.

Aswar Urmila, Patil Rashmi, Ghag Nilam, Bodhankar Subhash

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Review in Journal of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system : JRAAS, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
19citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aswar UrmilaDepartment of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Erandwane, Pune 411038, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4566-7453
Patil RashmiDepartment of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Erandwane, Pune 411038, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0032-9418
Ghag NilamDepartment of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Erandwane, Pune 411038, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2872-3983
Bodhankar SubhashDepartment of Pharmacology, Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Erandwane, Pune 411038, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5168-2134
Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The RAS (renin-angiotensin system) is the part of the endocrine system that plays a prime role in the control of essential hypertension. Since the discovery of brain RAS in the seventies, continuous efforts have been put by the scientific committee to explore it more. The brain has shown the presence of various components of brain RAS such as angiotensinogen (AGT), converting enzymes, angiotensin (Ang), and specific receptors (ATR). AGT acts as the precursor molecule for Ang peptides-I, II, III, and IV-while the enzymes such as prorenin, ACE, and aminopeptidases A and N synthesize it. AT1, AT2, AT4, and mitochondrial assembly receptor (MasR) are found to be plentiful in the brain. The brain RAS system exhibits pleiotropic properties such as neuroprotection and cognition along with regulation of blood pressure, CVS homeostasis, thirst and salt appetite, stress, depression, alcohol addiction, and pain modulation. The molecules acting through RAS predominantly ARBs and ACEI are found to be effective in various ongoing and completed clinical trials related to cognition, memory, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and pain. The review summarizes the recent advances in the brain RAS system highlighting its significance in pathophysiology and treatment of the central nervous system-related disorders.

Indexed as

Pharmaceutical PreparationsRenin-Angiotensin SystemAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsBlood PressureBrainAngiotensin-Converting Enzyme InhibitorsAngiotensin IIAngiotensin Receptor AntagonistsPharmaceutical Preparations

Identifiers

PMID34925551
PMCPMC8651430
OpenAlexW3216234314

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