A Renal Protein Reveals a New Mechanism in Hypertension. UNIGE scientists discovered a new mechanism involved in blood ...

Its enzymatic activity was usually assayed by measuring the smooth-muscle-contracting activity of its product, angiotensin II, a laborious ... peptide hormones 14: first secretin and then ...

while ACE further converts it to angiotensin II — a potent vasoconstrictor among other things — leading to an increase in blood pressure. Two classes of antihypertensives target angiotensin II ...