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Overview

Debra I. Diz is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions in subfields such as Neurology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work spans several interconnected topics, including:

  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies
  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Birth, Development, and Health
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Thermoregulation and physiological responses
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Among the recent publications involving Debra I. Diz are:

  • "COVID-19, ACE2, and the cardiovascular consequences" (2020), published in American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • "Association of circulating uric acid and angiotensin-(1-7) in relation to higher blood pressure in adolescents and the influence of preterm birth" (2020), Journal of Human Hypertension
  • "Lower urinary α-Klotho is associated with lower angiotensin-(1-7) and higher blood pressure in young adults born preterm with very low birthweight" (2020), Journal of Clinical Hypertension
  • "Targeted UHPLC-MS Analysis Reveals Disparate Polyphenol Composition and Concentration in Muscadine Grape Supplements with Proportional Antioxidant Activity" (2022), Antioxidants
  • "Sulfonylureas target the neurovascular response to decrease Alzheimer's pathology" (2021), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Debra I. Diz include:

  • Stacey Q Wolfe
  • Zhidan Xiang
  • Mark C. Chappell
  • Fatima Ryalat
  • Hossam A. Shaltout

The most common venues for publication are:

  • Hypertension
  • Neurosurgery
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Stroke Vascular and Interventional Neurology
  • Global Journal of Medical Research

Best Publications

  • Effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II receptor blockers on cardiac angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

    Carlos M. Ferrario;Jewell Jessup;Mark C. Chappell;David B. Averill

  • COVID-19, ACE2, and the cardiovascular consequences.

    Andrew Michael South;Debra Diz;Mark C. Chappell

  • Counterregulatory Actions of Angiotensin-(1-7)

    Carlos M. Ferrario;Mark C. Chappell;E. Ann Tallant;K. Bridget Brosnihan

  • Antihypertensive actions of angiotensin-(1-7) in spontaneously hypertensive rats

    I F Benter;C M Ferrario;Mariana Morris;D I Diz

  • Vasodepressor Actions of Angiotensin-(1–7) Unmasked During Combined Treatment With Lisinopril and Losartan

    Shridhar N. Iyer;Mark C. Chappell;David B. Averill;Debra I. Diz

  • Oxidative damage pathways in relation to normal tissue injury

    W Zhao;D I Diz;M E Robbins

  • Identification of angiotensin-(1-7) in rat brain. Evidence for differential processing of angiotensin peptides.

    M C Chappell;K B Brosnihan;D I Diz;C M Ferrario

  • Angiotensin-(1-7): a new hormone of the angiotensin system.

    C M Ferrario;K B Brosnihan;D I Diz;N Jaiswal

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) prevents activation of NADPH oxidase and renal vascular dysfunction in diabetic hypertensive rats.

    Ibrahim F. Benter;Mariam H.M. Yousif;Gursev S. Dhaunsi;Jaspal Kaur

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) Prevents Development of Severe Hypertension and End-Organ Damage in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats Treated With L-NAME

    Ibrahim F. Benter;Mariam H. M. Yousif;J. T. Anim;C. Cojocel

  • Cardiovascular effects of angiotensin-(1-7) injected into the dorsal medulla of rats.

    M. J. Campagnole-Santos;D. I. Diz;R. A. S. Santos;M. C. Khosla

  • Angiotensin peptides and baroreflex control of sympathetic outflow: pathways and mechanisms of the medulla oblongata.

    David B Averill;Debra I Diz

  • Update on the Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2-Angiotensin (1–7)-Mas Receptor Axis: Fetal Programing, Sex Differences, and Intracellular Pathways

    Mark C. Chappell;Allyson C. Marshall;Ebaa M. Alzayadneh;Hossam A. Shaltout;Hossam A. Shaltout

  • Cardiovascular actions of angiotensin(1–7)

    Ibrahim F. Benter;Debra I. Diz;Carlos M. Ferrario

  • Stimulation of endothelial cell prostaglandin production by angiotensin peptides. Characterization of receptors.

    N Jaiswal;D I Diz;M C Chappell;M C Khosla

  • Antiproliferative Actions of Angiotensin-(1-7) in Vascular Smooth Muscle

    E. A. Tallant;D. I. Diz;C. M. Ferrario

  • Angiotensin-(1-7) prevents diabetes-induced cardiovascular dysfunction.

    Ibrahim F. Benter;Mariam H. M. Yousif;Constantin Cojocel;May Al-Maghrebi

  • Subtype 2 angiotensin receptors mediate prostaglandin synthesis in human astrocytes.

    N Jaiswal;E A Tallant;D I Diz;M C Khosla

  • Pathways for angiotensin-(1—7) metabolism in pulmonary and renal tissues

    Alicia J. Allred;Debra I. Diz;Carlos M. Ferrario;Mark C. Chappell

  • Baroreceptor reflex modulation by angiotensin II at the nucleus tractus solitarii

    M J Campagnole-Santos;D I Diz;C M Ferrario

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark C. Chappell
Mark C. Chappell Wake Forest University
Carlos M. Ferrario
Carlos M. Ferrario Wake Forest University
Detlev Ganten
Detlev Ganten Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Allyn C. Howlett
Allyn C. Howlett Wake Forest University
David M. Jacobowitz
David M. Jacobowitz National Institutes of Health
Paul J. Laurienti
Paul J. Laurienti Wake Forest University
Mark A. Chappell
Mark A. Chappell University of California, Riverside
William E. Sonntag
William E. Sonntag University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Mordecai P. Blaustein
Mordecai P. Blaustein University of Maryland, Baltimore
Junichi Sadoshima
Junichi Sadoshima Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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