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Mansoureh Barzegar1, Karen Y Stokes1, Oleg Chernyshev2
1Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Ochsner-LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA 71130-3932, USA.
Abstract:
Ischemic stroke remains the leading cause of neurologically based morbidity and mortality. Current stroke treatment is limited to two classes of FDA-approved drugs: thrombolytic agents (tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)) and antithrombotic agents (aspirin and heparin), which have a narrow time-window (<4.5 h) for administration after onset of stroke symptoms. While thrombolytic agents restore perfusion, they carry serious risks for hemorrhage, and do not influence damage responses during reperfusion. Consequently, stroke therapies that can suppress deleterious effects of ischemic injury are desperately needed. Angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) has been recently suggested to beneficially influence experimental stroke outcomes by converting the vasoconstrictor Ang II into the vasodilator Ang 1-7. In this review, we extensively discuss the protective functions of ACE2-Ang (1-7)-MasR axis of renin angiotensin system (RAS) in ischemic stroke.
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