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Reproduction and the renin-angiotensin systemA unique aspect of the circulating renin-angiotensin system and the many independent tissue renin-angiotensin systems is their interactions at multiple levels with reproduction. These interactions, which have received relatively little attention, include effects of estrogens and possibly androgens on hepatic and renal angiotensinogen mRNA; effects of androgens on the Ren-2 gene and salivary renin in mice; the prorenin surge that occurs with but outlasts the LH surge during the menstrual cycle; the inhibitory effects of estrogens on thirst and water intake; the tissue renin-angiotensin systems in the brain, the anterior pituitary, and the ovaries and testes, that is, in all the components of the hypothalamo-pituitary-gonadal axis; the presence of some components of the renin-angiotensin system in the uterus and the fetoplacental unit; and the possible relation of renin and angiotensin to ovulation and fetal well-being. These interactions are described and their significance considered in this short review.
Document ID
20050000270
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ganong, W. F.
(University of California San Francisco 94143-0444, United States)
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 1995
Publication Information
Publication: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews
Volume: 19
Issue: 2
ISSN: 0149-7634
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: HL29714
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
NASA Program Space Biology
Review
NASA Discipline Number 40-30
NASA Discipline Regulatory Physiology
Non-NASA Center
Review, Tutorial

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