Physiology (Bethesda). 2021 May 1;36(3):160-173. doi: 10.1152/physiol.00036.2020.
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.
PMID:33904788 | DOI:10.1152/physiol.00036.2020