Sentences with phrase «producing angiotensin»

Additionally, it prevents the body from producing angiotensin II, a substance that narrows blood vessels and releases hormones that raise blood pressure.

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When allergists advised patients to avoid raw produce and switched from ACE inhibitors to angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) therapy, no further oral allergy symptoms occurred.

That produced a class of drugs known as angiotensin - converting enzyme, or ACE, inhibitors that hit the market in the early 1980s, and during the next 25 years or so, there followed a string of blockbuster small - molecule drugs that included such familiar names as Lipitor, Zantac and Prozac.

Erythropoietin is necessary for the pet's body to produce and maintain red blood cells while renin activates another hormone (angiotensin) to helps control blood pressure.

The inflammation occurs when at - risk cells produce receptors called All (known as angiotensin II type I receptors).

When it drops too low, the kidneys increase the pressure by producing a blood vessel - constricting protein (angiotensin).