Pub. Date : 2009 Mar-Apr
PMID : 20046983
1 Functional Relationships(s)Download |
Sentence | Compound Name | Protein Name | Organism |
| 1 | This brief review is focused on recent evidence that inappropriate activation of renin in distal nephron segments, by acting on angiotensinogen generated in the proximal tubule cells and delivered to the distal nephron may contribute to increased distal intrarenal angiotensin II formation, sodium retention and development and progression of hypertension. | Sodium | renin | Homo sapiens |