...-angiotensin system may be important, but whether glucocorticoids modulate angiotensin II (AngII)-dependent cardiomyocyte growth responses in the neonate has not been investigated. Objectives: The major aim of this investigation was to determine whether glucocorticoids modulate the neonatal cardiomyocyte...

...Eugenie R. Lumbers; G.C. Reid High levels of angiotensin II were found in umbilical venous blood of babies delivered vaginally (40.3 pg·ml –– 1 ) and vaginally with epidural anaesthesia (66.8 pg·ml ––1 ); low levels of angiotensin II were found in umbilical venous blood of babies delivered...

... whether angiotensin II (Ang II) mediates the pulmonary vasoconstriction induced by acute hypoxia in newborn piglets. Methods: Eight unanesthetized chronically instrumented newborn piglets (mean ± SEM; age 6.6 ± 0.6 days; weight 2,181 ± 174 g) were randomly assigned to receive a saline solution or the Ang...