What is renin? Renin is an enzyme that special cells in your kidneys make and release. It’s part of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system — a chain reaction designed to regulate your blood pressure. Specifically, renin controls the production of aldosterone, a hormone your adrenal glands make.
Renin (etymology and pronunciation), also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an aspartic protease protein and enzyme secreted by the kidneys that participates in the body's renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS), which increases the volume of extracellular fluid (blood plasma, lymph, and interstitial fluid) and causes arterial vasoconstriction. Thus, it increases the body's mean ...
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important role in regulating blood volume and systemic vascular resistance, which together influence cardiac output and arterial pressure. As the name implies, there are three important components to this system: 1) renin, 2) angiotensin, and 3 ...
EurekAlert!: Transcription factors in the associative gene network of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in humans
Empirical and theoretical studies can be distinguished among the areas of investigation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) and its relationship with the development of cardiovascular ...
Transcription factors in the associative gene network of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in humans
Medscape: Inhibition of the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System in Black Populations -- Does It or Doesn't It Work?
Inhibition of the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System in Black Populations -- Does It or Doesn't It Work?
JSTOR Daily: RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM AND THROMBOXANE A₂/PROSTACYCLIN IN NORMOTENSIVE AND HYPERTENSIVE BLACK ZIMBABWEANS
A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server investigated the association of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS)-mediated hypertension (HT) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).