This review of the past five years of research in the endocrinology of hypertension includes articles on new developments in the renin-angiotensin system, the sympatho-adrenal system, metabolic disorders, endothelial hormones and autocoids, and other hormonal systems affected by hypertension. Topics of specific papers include regulation of cardiovascular control mechanisms, inflammation, aldosterone and vascular damage, calcitonin gene-related peptides and hypertension, the renal dopaminergic system, salt sensitivity, insulin resistance, fatty acids, cell signaling, goal-oriented hypertension management, the role of nitric oxide, the Kallikrein-Kinin system, sex steroids, and the lipoxygenase system in the vasculature. Contributors focus on possible upcoming advances and applications and areas of diagnosis and therapy. Researchers may want to use this as a resource leading to new research in the fundamental mechanisms of hypertension. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)