(Pro)renin and its receptors: Pathophysiological implications

Clinical Science

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 121-133

  Batenburg, Wendy W ^a   Jan Danser, A H ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Pro)renin receptor; Handle region peptide; Mannose 6 phosphate insulin like growth factor II receptor; Prorenin; Renin; Renin binding protein; Vacuolar H + ATpase

Indexed keywords

ALISKIREN; ANGIOTENSIN; HANDLE REGION PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; PRORENIN; PRORENIN RECEPTOR; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RENIN; SOMATOMEDIN B RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

DIABETES MELLITUS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; DISEASES; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE; HUMANS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RENIN;

EID: 84861548178     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20120042     Document Type: Review

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