The discovery of an orally inactive peptide from snake venom established the important role of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in regulating...
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Renin inhibitors are pharmaceutical drugs inhibiting the activity of renin that is responsible for hydrolyzing angiotensinogen to angiotensin I, which...
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inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) are a class of medication used primarily for the treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure. This class of medicine...
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recommended as a first-line agent in the treatment of hypertension, as thiazides diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers show greater benefit...
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Captopril (category ACE inhibitors)
enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. Captopril was the first oral ACE inhibitor found...
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drugs but further research is needed.[citation needed] Discovery and development of renin inhibitors Aulakh GK, Sodhi RK, Singh M; Sodhi; Singh (August 2007)...
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hypertension. As of 2019, the wider cardiovascular benefits of PDE5 inhibitors are being appreciated. Phosphodiesterase-5 (PDE5) inhibitors such as sildenafil...
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Sérgio Henrique Ferreira (category Recipients of the Great Cross of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil))
and pharmacologist noted for the discovery of the bradykinin potentiating factor, which led to new and widely used anti-hypertension drugs — the ACE inhibitors...
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inhibitors (ACE inhibitors) increase bradykinin levels by inhibiting its degradation, thereby increasing its blood pressure lowering effect. ACE inhibitors...
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4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitors (HPPD inhibitors) are a class of herbicides that prevent growth in plants by blocking 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate...
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the first JAK inhibitor, ruxolitinib, to treat a skin condition. Some JAK1 inhibitors are based on a benzimidazole core. JAK3 inhibitors target the catalytic...
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Renin–angiotensin system (redirect from RAAS inhibitors)
There are several types of drugs which include ACE inhibitors, angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), and renin inhibitors that interrupt different...
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Moexipril (category ACE inhibitors)
Moexipril was an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitor) used for the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure. Moexipril can be...
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Aliskiren (category Renin inhibitors)
Aliskiren (brand names Tekturna and Rasilez) is the first in a class of drugs called direct renin inhibitors. It is used for essential (primary) hypertension...
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system inhibitors (RAS inhibitors) or in diseases where circulating angiotensin II is elevated. An in vitro study focused on the early stages of infection...
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described; this led to the development of a number of other ACE inhibitors. More recently angiotensin receptor blockers and renin inhibitors have also been introduced...
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Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (redirect from Cyclooxygenase inhibitors)
(EU), there is a label claim for use in cats. Discovery and development of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibitors "non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug". www.Lexico...
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Renin (category Hormones of the kidneys)
oral renin inhibitor. ACE inhibitors or ARBs are also part of the standard treatment after a heart attack. The differential diagnosis of kidney cancer...
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Myostatin (redirect from Growth and Differentiation Factor 8)
receptors-signalling proteins myostatin and activin A via activin A/myostatin inhibitor ACVR2B – tested preliminarily in humans in the form of ACE-031 in the early 2010s...
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Medication (redirect from Use of drugs to treat disease)
vasoconstrictors, vasodilators. HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for lowering LDL cholesterol inhibitors: hypolipidaemic agents. Drugs affecting the central...
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Statin (redirect from HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors)
S2CID 37686043. Endo A (November 1992). "The discovery and development of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors". Journal of Lipid Research. 33 (11): 1569–1582. doi:10...
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Venoms in medicine (category Drug discovery)
specificity and generally easily accessible through the vascular system. This has made venoms a subject of study for people who work in drug discovery. With...
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Antihypertensive (redirect from Pharmacologic treatment of hypertension)
important and most widely used medications are thiazide diuretics, calcium channel blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors), angiotensin...
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Angiotensin (section Precursor and types)
cardiac remodeling). This is why ACE inhibitors and ARBs help to prevent remodeling that occurs secondary to angiotensin II and are beneficial in congestive...
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Camiña M, Laguna R (2012). "History and therapeutic use of MAO-A inhibitors: a historical perspective of MAO-A inhibitors as antidepressant drug". Curr Top...
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Sigma-Aldrich (category 2015 mergers and acquisitions)
for receptors and ion channels, enzyme inhibitors, phosphospecific antibodies, key signal transduction enzymes, and assay kits for cell signaling. ISOTEC...
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Victor Dzau (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
(RAS) and his investigations into gene therapy for vascular disease. His research laid the foundation for the development of ACE inhibitors, a class of drugs...
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Ralph F. Hirschmann (category University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni)
Proscar used for the treatment of enlarged prostate and prostate cancer and of the ACE inhibitor Vasotec for treating hypertension. Following his departure...
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Pharmaceutical industry (redirect from History of the pharmaceutical industry)
S2CID 3344720. Endo A (1 November 1992). "The discovery and development of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors". Journal of Lipid Research. 33 (11): 1569–82. doi:10...
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Acceleron Pharma (category 2021 mergers and acquisitions)
and one in preclinical development. Luspatercept (ACE-536) for anemia Sotatercept (ACE-011) for pulmonary arterial hypertension Dalantercept (ACE-041)...
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