AGT and Hypertension: Focusing specifically on the impact of the renin angiotensin system, reciprocal cross-transplantations of fully vascularized kidney transplants between AT1A receptor deficient and wild type mice were performed to determine the relative importance of AT1A receptors expressed in renal (e.g., the renal epithelium, the renal vasculature or other renal components) and extra-renal (e.g., the resistance vasculature, the CNS or the adrenals) tissues for baseline blood pressure and angiotensin II induced hypertension.