Saavedra JM. Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Are Not Just for Hypertension Anymore.
Physiology (Bethesda) 2021;
36:160-173. [PMID:
33904788 DOI:
10.1152/physiol.00036.2020]
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Abstract
Beyond blood pressure control, angiotensin receptor blockers reduce common injury mechanisms, decreasing excessive inflammation and protecting endothelial and mitochondrial function, insulin sensitivity, the coagulation cascade, immune responses, cerebrovascular flow, and cognition, properties useful to treat inflammatory, age-related, neurodegenerative, and metabolic disorders of many organs including brain and lung.
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