“…Although the administration of renin inhibitors, ACE inhibitors or AT 1 receptor antagonists directly into the renal artery has been frequently applied to study the acute effects of intrarenal RAS inhibition, conflicting results have been obtained. Whereas in many studies RAS inhibition resulted in an increased renal blood flow and/or a stimulated natriuresis (Kimbrough et al ., 1977; Levens et al ., 1981a, 1983; Kastner et al ., 1984; Li & Zimmerman, 1987; Siragy et al ., 1990; Levens, 1990; Verburg et al ., 1990; Peng & Knox, 1995; Cervenka & Navar, 1999), other studies failed to demonstrate any effect on these parameters (Wong & Zimmerman, 1980; Zimmerman et al ., 1982; Zimmerman & Finis, 1985) or stated that renal haemodynamics are mainly influenced by circulating Ang II (Hall et al ., 1981; Kastner et al ., 1984; Rassier et al ., 1986). In addition, some studies used anaesthetized animals (Li & Zimmerman, 1987; Levens, 1990; Verburg et al ., 1990; Cervenka & Navar, 1999) or lacked appropriate controls to exclude extrarenal influences of these drugs (Kimbrough et al ., 1977; Levens et al ., 1981a).…”