: a proteolytic enzyme of the kidney that plays a major role in the release of angiotensin
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The kidneys respond by secreting a substance, renin, which starts a cascade (the renin-angiotensin system) that causes the blood pressure to go up.
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Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
One of the ways the body exerts this control is with a hormone called renin, which makes blood vessels narrower when the pressure needs to be kept up.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Nov. 2017
Olfr78, Pluznick and her colleagues discovered, helps drive the production of renin.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Nov. 2017
Over the next 15 years, investigations by several groups showed that renin itself did not affect blood vessels, but rather activated a blood protein called angiotensinogen, making angiotensin.
—Mark C. Fishman, STAT, 7 May 2018
Thirty-six years later, poor blood flow to the kidneys was linked to high blood pressure and release of the protein renin.
—Mark C. Fishman, STAT, 7 May 2018
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Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
One of the ways the body exerts this control is with a hormone called renin, which makes blood vessels narrower when the pressure needs to be kept up.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Nov. 2017
Olfr78, Pluznick and her colleagues discovered, helps drive the production of renin.
—Quanta Magazine, 30 Nov. 2017
Over the next 15 years, investigations by several groups showed that renin itself did not affect blood vessels, but rather activated a blood protein called angiotensinogen, making angiotensin.
—Mark C. Fishman, STAT, 7 May 2018
Thirty-six years later, poor blood flow to the kidneys was linked to high blood pressure and release of the protein renin.
—Mark C. Fishman, STAT, 7 May 2018
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