Renin, prorenin and the kidney: A new chapter in an old saga

Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Ichihara, Atsuhiro ^a   Sakoda, Mariyo ^a   Kurauchi Mito, Asako ^a   Kaneshiro, Yuki ^a   Itoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Pro)renin receptor; Aliskiren; Angiotensin; Handle region peptide; Mitogen activated protein kinases

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN II; HANDLE REGION PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PRORENIN; PRORENIN RECEPTOR; RENIN; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE NEPHROPATHY; ISCHEMIC NEPHROPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PROTEIN BINDING; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RENIN; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM;

EID: 69449099438     PISSN: 11218428     EISSN: 17246059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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