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    • Mendoza Torres, Evelyn; Oyarzún, Alejandra; Mondaca Ruff, David; Azocar, Andrés; Chiong Lay, Mario; Castro, Pablo F.; Jalil Milad, Jorge; Lavandero González, Sergio; Ocaranza, María Paz (2015)
      The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) is a key component of cardiovascular physiology and homeostasis due to its influence on the regulation of electrolyte balance, blood pressure, vascular tone and cardiovascular remodeling. ...
    • Gabrielli, Luigi; Ocaranza, María Paz; Sitges, Marta; Kanacri, Andrés; Saavedra, Rodrigo; Sepúlveda, Pablo; Sepúlveda, Luis; Rossel, Víctor; Zagolin, Mónica; Verdejo, Hugo E.; Baraona, Fernando; Zalaquett Sepúlveda, Ricardo; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio; Castro, Pablo F. (Blackwell, 2017)
      Background: Right atrium function and ventricular function have significant prognos-tic value in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients. Acute changes in right ventricu-lar synchrony and right atrium function postiloprost ...
    • Norambuena Soto, Ignacio; Ocaranza, María Paz; Cancino Arenas, Nicole; Sanhueza Olivares, Fernanda; Villar Fincheira, Paulina; Leiva Navarrete, Sebastián; Mancilla Medina, Cristian; Moya, Jacqueline; Novoa, Ulises; Jalil, Jorge E.; Castro, Pablo F.; Lavandero González, Sergio; Chiong Lay, Mario (Pergamon-Elsevier Science, 2020)
      The renin-angiotensin system, one of the main regulators of vascular function, controls vasoconstriction, inflammation and vascular remodeling. Antagonistic actions of the counter-regulatory renin-angiotensin system, which ...
    • González, Leticia; Novoa, Ulises; Moya, Jackeline; Gabrielli, Luigi; Jalil Milad, Jorge; García Nannig, Lorena; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio; Ocaranza, María Paz (Elsevier Inc., 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Inc. Hypertension-induced cardiovascular and renal damage can be mediated by activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. There are different factors beyond renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system ...
    • Sotomayor Flores, Cristian; Rivera Mejías, Pablo; Vásquez Trincado, César; López Crisosto, Camila; Morales, Pablo E.; Pennanen, Christian; Polakovicova, Iva; Aliaga Tobar, Víctor; García Nannig, Lorena; Roa, Juan Carlos; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Maracaja Coutinho, Vinicius; Ho-Xuan, Hung; Meister, Gunter; Chiong, Mario; Ocaranza, María Paz; Corvalán, Alejandro H.; Parra Ortiz, Valentina; Lavandero González, Sergio (2020)
      Angiotensin-(1-9) is a peptide from the noncanonical renin-angiotensin system with anti-hypertrophic effects in cardiomyocytes via an unknown mechanism. In the present study we aimed to elucidate it, basing us initially ...
    • Ocaranza, María Paz; Riquelme Meléndez, Jaime; García Nannig, Lorena; Jalil, Jorge; Chiong Lay, Mario; Santos, Robson; Lavandero González, Sergio (Nature, 2020)
      The renin–angiotensin system is an important component of the cardiovascular system. Mounting evidence suggests that the metabolic products of angiotensin I and II — initially thought to be biologically inactive — have ...
    • Moraga, Francisco; Troncoso, Rodrigo; Mellado, Rosemarie; Díaz Araya, Guillermo; Vukasovic, José Luis; Greig, Douglas; Pérez, Osvaldo; García Nannig, Lorena; Roldán, Juan; Ocaranza, María Paz; Jalil Milad, Jorge; Chiong Lay, Mario; Castro, Pablo (2008)
      Background: ß adrenergic receptors (AR) are highly polymorphic and important regulators of cardiovascular homeostasis. Among these, ß1 and ß2 AR regulate cardiac contractility and frequency and are important pharmacological ...
    • Bejarano, Julián; Rojas, Aldo; Ramírez Sagredo, Andrea; Riveros Salvatierra, Ana; Morales Zavala, Francisco; Flores, Yvo; Riquelme Meléndez, Jaime; Guzmán, Fanny; Araya, Eyleen; Chiong Lay, Mario; Ocaranza, María Paz; Morales Montecinos, Javier; Villamizar Sarmiento, María Gabriela; Sánchez Vergara, Gina; Lavandero González, Sergio; Kogan, Marcelo J. (Elsevier, 2020)
      Angiotensin-(1-9), a component of the non-canonical renin-angiotensin system, has a short half-life in blood. This peptide has shown to prevent and/or attenuate hypertension and cardiovascular remodeling. A controlled ...
    • Garrido, Valeria; Mendoza Torres, Evelyn; Riquelme, Jaime A.; Díaz, Ariel; Pizarro, Marcela; Bustamante, Mario; Chávez, Myra N.; Ocaranza, María Paz; Mellado, Rosemarie; Corbalán, Ramón; Allende Connelly, Miguel; Lavandero González, Sergio (Bentham Science Publishers, 2017)
      Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. The heart is susceptible to pathologies that impact the myocardium directly, such as myocardial infarction and consequent heart failure, as well as conditions ...
    • Gálvez, Anita S.; Fiedler Temer, Jenny; Ocaranza, María Paz; Jalil Milad, Jorge; Lavandero González, Sergio; Díaz Araya, Guillermo (2005)
      Administration of the β-adrenergic agonist isoproterenol results in cardiac apoptosis, The effect of short-term β-adrenergic stimulation by isoproterenol on the activity of plasma, lung, and left ventricular (LV) angiotensin ...
    • Mendoza Torres, Evelyn; Riquelme, Jaime A.; Vielma, Alejandra; Sagredo, Andrea Ramirez; Gabrielli, Luigi; Bravo Sagua, Roberto; Jalil Milad, Jorge; Rothermel, Beverly A.; Sánchez, Gina; Ocaranza, María Paz; Lavandero González, Sergio (Academic Press, 2018)
      © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Angiotensin-(19), a peptide of the non-classical renin angiotensin system, has been shown to prevent and revert hypertension and cardiac hypertrophy. We hypothetized that systemic delivery of angiotensin-(1–9) ...
    • Ocaranza, María Paz; Michea Acevedo, Luis; Chiong Lay, Mario; Lavandero González, Sergio; Jalil Milad, Jorge (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014)
    • Ocaranza, María Paz; Valderas, Patricio; Moya, Jackeline; Gabrielli, Luigi; Godoy, Iván; Córdava, Samuel; Mac Nab, Paul; García Nannig, Lorena; Farías, Luis; Jalil, Jorge E. (BMC, 2020)
      BackgroundThe intracellular ROCK signaling pathway is an important modulator of blood pressure and of cardiovascular and renal remodeling when Rho-kinase activity is increased. Besides, in preclinical models of diabetes, ...