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    A Novel Mechanism of Renal Microcirculation Regulation: Connecting Tubule-Glomerular Feedback

    In this review, we summarized the current knowledge of connecting tubule-glomerular feedback (CTGF), a novel mechanism of renal microcirculation regulation that integrates sodium handling in the connecting tub...

    Cesar A. Romero, Oscar A. Carretero in Current Hypertension Reports (2019)

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    The molecular biology of the kallikrein-kinin system

    There are numerous indications that the kallikrein-kinin system is underexpressed in various forms of hypertension: for example, urinary kallikrein excretion is decreased in human essential hypertension and in...

    Luis A. Carbini, A. Guillermo Scicli… in Molecular Reviews in Cardiovascular Medici… (1996)

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    The Glandular Kallikrein-Kinin System in Hypertension

    Kallikreins are enzymes that release kinins, potent vasodilator peptides from plasma substrates called kininogens. In the microdissected nephron, prekallikrein and kailikrein are localized in the granular part...

    Oscar A. Carretero, Alfonso G. Scicli in Fundamental Fault in Hypertension (1984)