  Massive black holes (BHs) are detected in the centers of many nearby galaxies
are linearly correlated with the luminosity of the host bulge (spheroid), the
black hole mass being about 0.1% of the stellar mass. In active galaxies, the
BH mass is best measured by the reverberation mapping (light echo) technique.
We and others have shown that in AGNs the BH mass follows the same relation
with the luminosity of the host galaxy as in ordinary (inactive) galaxies, with
the exception of narrow line AGNs which apparently have significantly lower
values of the BH/bulge mass (or BH/bulge luminosity) ratio. The BH/bulge ratio
is also found to be strongly correlated with the velocity dispersion of the
broad line-emitting gas in the active nucleus. However, in the BH-stellar
velocity relation the difference between broad- and narrow-line AGNs (in
particular NLS1s) seems to be less obvious. We review the subject adding recent
updates and suggestions.
