ANGIOTENSIN II

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does angiotensin II mean? 

• ANGIOTENSIN II (noun)
  The noun ANGIOTENSIN II has 1 sense:

1. a potent vasopressor agent formed from angiotensin I

  Familiarity information: ANGIOTENSIN II used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANGIOTENSIN II (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A potent vasopressor agent formed from angiotensin I

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("angiotensin II" is a kind of...):

angiotensin; angiotonin; Hypertensin (any of several vasoconstrictor substances (trade name Hypertensin) that cause narrowing of blood vessels)

 Context examples 

This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II resulting in vasodilation.

(Benazepril, NCI Thesaurus)

AGT 1-9 is not converted to angiotensin II but further degraded by ACE to AGT 1-7, a vasodilator.

(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This protein plays a role in the hydrolysis of angiotensin I to form angiotensin II and the solubilization of glycophophoinositol-anchored proteins from the plasma membrane.

(Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic, benzimidazole-derived angiotensin II receptor antagonist prodrug with antihypertensive activity.

(Candesartan, NCI Thesaurus)

Several GPCR ligands are known to stimulate cardiac hypertrophy, including factors that regulate blood pressure such as angiotensin II and endothelin-1.

(Cardiac Hypertrophy Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Olmesartan selectively binds to the angiotensin type 1 (AT1) receptor of angiotensin II in vascular smooth muscle and adrenal gland, thereby competing angiotensin II binding to the receptor.

(Olmesartan Medoxomil, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent may also reduce the secretion of renin with subsequent reduction in levels of angiotensin II thus decreasing sympathetic activation, including vasoconstriction, aldosterone secretion.

(Metoprolol Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)

As a prodrug cilazapril is rapidly metabolized in the liver to cilazaprilat; cilazaprilat competitively binds to and inhibits ACE, thereby blocking the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin II.

(Cilazapril Anhydrous, NCI Thesaurus)

A process that involves the non-covalent binding of angiotensin II to an angiotensin receptor family protein.

(Angiotensin II Receptor Binding, NCI Thesaurus)

This prevents the potent vasoconstrictive actions of angiotensin II, resulting in vasodilation.

(Benazepril Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)