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Podocyte injury enhances filtration of liver-derived angiotensinogen and renal angiotensin II generation.
Kidney international - 1 May 2014
Matsusaka Taiji, Niimura Fumio, Pastan Ira, Shintani Ayumi, Nishiyama Akira, Ichikawa Iekuni
Abstract excerpt
Intrarenal angiotensin II is increased in kidney diseases independently of plasma angiotensin II and is thought to promote progressive deterioration of renal architecture. Here we investigated the mechanism of enhanced renal angiotensin II generation in kidney glomerular diseases. For this, kidney- or liver-specific angiotensinogen gene (Agt) knockout was superimposed on the mouse model of inducible podocyte...
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