title: Role of the natriuretic peptide system in cardiorenal protection.
abstract: Significant progress has been made in the understanding of the neurohormonal factors that contribute to the progression of chronic renal and cardiac failure and the development of target-organ damage in patients with hypertension and diabetes. We herein review some of these advances, including a new therapeutic strategy for potentially enhancing cardiorenal protection in patients with these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, USA.
authors.forename: Samy I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: McFarlane
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Winer
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sowers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D045265:Natriuretic Peptides / Q000502:physiology*; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D045265:Natriuretic Peptides; D011480:Protease Inhibitors