Acute kidney injury: AT1 receptors modulate AKI

Nature Reviews Nephrology 12, 124 (2016). doi:10.1038/nrneph.2016.6 Author: Jessica K. Edwards The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of acute kidney injury (AKI), but conflicting outcomes have been reported in patients following RAS inhibition. New data from Steven Crowley and colleagues suggest that type 1 angiotensin II (AT1) receptors have differential effects on
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