Search Results - "de Bruin, René J. A"
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Prorenin Accumulation and Activation in Human Endothelial Cells: Importance of Mannose 6-Phosphate Receptors
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-06-2001)“…ABSTRACT—ACE inhibitors improve endothelial dysfunction, possibly by blocking endothelial angiotensin production. Prorenin, through its binding and activation…”
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Prorenin is the endogenous agonist of the (pro)renin receptor. Binding kinetics of renin and prorenin in rat vascular smooth muscle cells overexpressing the human (pro)renin receptor
Published in Journal of hypertension (01-12-2007)“…OBJECTIVEMannose 6-phosphate receptors (M6PR) bind both renin and prorenin, and such binding contributes to renin/prorenin clearance but not to angiotensin…”
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High-affinity prorenin binding to cardiac man-6-P/IGF-II receptors precedes proteolytic activation to renin
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-04-2001)“…Mannose-6-phosphate (man-6-P)/insulin-like growth factor-II (man-6-P/IgF-II) receptors are involved in the activation of recombinant human prorenin by…”
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Transendothelial transport of renin–angiotensin system components
Published in Journal of hypertension (01-10-2002)“…BACKGROUND Vascular (interstitial) angiotensin (ANG) II production depends on circulating renin–angiotensin system (RAS) components. Mannose 6-phosphate…”
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Different contributions of the angiotensin-converting enzyme C-domain and N-domain in subjects with the angiotensin-converting enzyme II and DD genotype
Published in Journal of hypertension (01-04-2008)“…BACKGROUNDAngiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D) polymorphism-related differences in ACE concentration do not result in differences in…”
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Amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a biomarker of cardiac filling pressures in pre-eclampsia
Published in European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology (01-11-2010)“…Abstract Objective To evaluate if amino-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) plasma levels reflect intracardiac filling pressures in…”
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Aliskiren-Binding Increases the Half Life of Renin and Prorenin in Rat Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-06-2008)“…OBJECTIVE—Renin inhibition with aliskiren has been reported to cause a greater rise in renin than other types of renin-angiotensin system blockade, thereby…”
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Aliskiren Accumulates in Renin Secretory Granules and Binds Plasma Prorenin
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-12-2008)“…The vascular effects of aliskiren last longer than expected based on its half life, and this renin inhibitor has been reported to cause a greater renin rise…”
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Cardiac Renin Levels Are Not Influenced by the Amount of Resident Mast Cells
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-08-2009)“…To investigate whether mast cells release renin in the heart, we studied renin and prorenin synthesis by such cells, using the human mast cell lines human…”
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