Division of Endocrinology (MU)

The Division of Endocrinology is one of the 9 medicine sub-specialties within the Department of Internal Medicine in the School of Medicine.

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade Attenuates Chronic Overexpression of the Renin-Angiotensin- Aldosterone System Stimulation of Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase and Cardiac Remodeling

Stas, Sameer; Whaley-Connell, Adam T.; Habibi, Javad, 1947-; Appesh, Lama; Hayden, Melvin; Karuparthi, Poorna R.; Qazi, Mahnaz; Morris, E. Matthew; Cooper, Shawna A.; Link, C. Daniel; Stump, Craig; Hay, Meredith; Ferrario, Carlos M.; Sowers, James R. (James Russell), 1942- (Endocrinology, 2007-08)

The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system contributes to cardiac remodeling, hypertrophy, and left ventricular dysfunction. Angiotensin II and aldosterone (corticosterone in rodents) together generate reactive oxygen species ...
Ultrastructural Islet Study of Early Fibrosis in the Ren2 Rat Model of Hypertension Emerging Role of the Islet Pancreatic Pericyte-Stellate Cell

Hayden, Melvin; Karuparthi, Poorna R.; Habibi, Javad, 1947-; Wasekar, Chetan; Lastra, Guido; Manrique, Camilla; Stas, Sameer; Sowers, James R. (James Russell), 1942- (Journal of the Pancreas, 2007)

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial disease with polygenic and environmental stressors resulting in multiple metabolic toxicities and islet oxidative stress. We have integrated the role of the islet renin-angiotensin ...