The interaction between prorenin, renin and the (pro)renin receptor: Time to rethink the role in hypertension

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-141

  Reudelhuber, Timothy L ^a,b  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

prorenin; prorenin receptor; renin; transgenic

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ANGIOTENSIN II; PRORENIN; PRORENIN RECEPTOR; RENIN;

ACIDIFICATION; ALBUMINURIA; BINDING AFFINITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RENIN; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84857060472     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: 14736543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3283500927     Document Type: Review

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