How to Use angiotensin in a Sentence

angiotensin

noun
  • The spike protein attaches to a receptor on human cells called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.
    — Kai Kupferschmidt, Science | AAAS, 28 Apr. 2020
  • An example is reflected in the class of medicines that regulate the formation of angiotensin, a protein involved in the control of blood pressure.
    — Mark C. Fishman, STAT, 7 May 2018
  • ACE inhibitors keep the body from producing angiotensin II, a hormone that makes blood vessels constrict.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In a healthy person, the ACE2 receptor chops up two forms of a protein called angiotensin to keep blood pressure stable, among other things.
    — Kate Sheridan, STAT, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Captopril, the first of a class of drugs for high blood pressure known as angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors was developed from a small protein in the venom of a Brazilian pit viper.
    — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Until last week, concerns had mostly been limited to that class of hypertension drugs, known as angiotensin II receptor blockers.
    — Anna Edneybloomberg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • The carcinogen is the same one that last year sparked a recall in about 30 countries of millions of blood-pressure pills called angiotensin II receptor blockers.
    — Anna Edneybloomberg, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Some studies suggest these peptides can help block angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), which causes blood vessels to narrow and blood pressure to rise.
    — Morgan Pearson, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) protein, which is present on the surface of many human cells, can be mixed into chewing gum.
    — Abdullah Iqbal, Scientific American, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The virus seems to attack the body by attaching to a binding receptor called angiotensin-converting enzyme-2, or ACE-2.
    — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Disruption of the kidneys’ renin-angiotensin system—named for the hormones involved, which regulate blood pressure—also interferes with insulin signaling.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Research has shown estrogen may have an effect on a protein known as angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), for example.
    — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2020
  • Over the next 15 years, investigations by several groups showed that renin itself did not affect blood vessels, but rather activated a blood protein called angiotensinogen, making angiotensin.
    — Mark C. Fishman, STAT, 7 May 2018
  • The researchers found that the new coronavirus enters human lung cells using a receptor called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).
    — Jane Qiu, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2020
  • ARBs, or angiotensin II receptor blockers, help reduce the production of aldosterone, a hormone that promotes salt and water retention.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2025
  • But there are obvious suspects, such as the gene coding for the cell surface protein angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which the coronavirus uses to enter airway cells.
    — Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | AAAS, 27 Mar. 2020
  • But until recently, just one class of drugs—called renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors—had been shown to slow progression of the illness, and even those medications were only modestly effective.
    — Tara Haelle, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Other types of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) – which is the class of medications in which telmisartan is grouped – did not have the same anti-cancer properties.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Quinapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor that prevents blood vessels from narrowing, while hydrochlorothiazide is a diuretic, which causes a person to urinate more and flushes out sodium in the body.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
  • One reason why this effect may happen is because compounds in miso may inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme (commonly known as ACE) activity, which plays a key role in regulating blood pressure.
    — Lauren Manaker, SELF, 18 Nov. 2025
  • High Blood Pressure Ginger may help reduce blood pressure by inhibiting the body’s angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), which plays a role in developing hypertension (high blood pressure).
    — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 21 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, high-sodium vegetable juices may reduce the benefits conferred by medications like diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).
    — Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, high-sodium vegetable juices may reduce the benefits conferred by medications like diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs).
    — Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 4 Feb. 2026
  • By mimicking the action of angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs), such as Cozaar (losartan), apigenin belongs to another class of antihypertensive drugs.
    — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Polyphenols in pomegranate may help lower blood pressure by improving arterial function, increasing nitric oxide production, and inhibiting the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE).
    — Md Published, Verywell Health, 28 Apr. 2026

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