Angiotensinogen M235T and T174M polymorphisms have individually been associated with elevated levels of plasma angiotensinogen, hypertension, and left ventricular hypertrophy. In this study, heart failure patients (n=451) were genotyped for the angiotensinogen M235T and T174M polymorphisms to investigate association with survival (recorded over 4 years of follow-up) and prognostic hormone marke...

The chorionic villi in the placenta are responsible for the regulation of fetal oxygen and nutrient transport. Although the peripheral renin-angiotensin system is activated during normal pregnancy, the regulation of the local chorionic villi renin-angiotensin system remains unknown. Therefore, placental chorionic villous tissue was collected from nulliparous third-trimester normotensive or pree...

Angiotensinogen was synthesized by cells derived from the Reuber H35 rat hepatoma. Independent clones produced similar amounts of angiotensinogen, which corresponded to about four times more than expected for normal hepatocytes. The protein was secreted rapidly but could be visualized within cells using immunofluorescence. For one clone, it is shown that maximal angiotensinogen synthesis occurr...

ABSTRACT Aim: Today, hypertension is one of the most important preventable risk factors for diseases with fatal consequences such as stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, peripheral vascular disease, and end-stage renal it estimated that there are approximately 15-16 million patients in Turkey. The aim study; to determine nutritional habits clinically diagnosed investigate nutrigenetic ...

Genetic polymorphism has a vital role in the pathogenesis and development of myocardial infarction (MI). Single nucleotide at any one amino acid sequences can result diseased state. A single gene exhibit genetic more than position giving rise to different variants. angiotensinogen (AGT) M235T, AGT T174M, angiotensin-1-converting enzyme (ACE) I/D, endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), methyl...

OBJECTIVES We studied whether left ventricular mass in athletes associates with polymorphisms in genes encoding components of the renin-angiotensin system. BACKGROUND Adaptive left ventricular hypertrophy is a feature of the athlete's heart. However, similarly training athletes develop left ventricular mass to a different extent, suggesting that genetic factors may modulate heart size. METH...

We have shown previously that angiotensinogen, like other members of the serine protease inhibitor family, has antiangiogenic properties in vitro on cultured endothelial cells and in ovo in the chick chorioallantoic membrane assay. The aim of this study was to show the effects of angiotensinogen on vascular wall remodeling in vivo. We measured the vessel wall thickness (tunica media) stained wi...