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12 years ago
Would an access or deficiency of renin be likely to cause hypertension(high blood pressure)?
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12 years ago
An excess of renin can be the cause of hypertension,  I have known aout dialysis patients (in total kidney failure) who had to have kidneys removed because they were producing too much renin.
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12 years ago
Renin, also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an enzyme that participates in the body's renin-angiotensin system (RAS)?also known as the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis?that mediates extracellular volume (i.e., that of the blood plasma, lymph and interstitial fluid), and arterial vasoconstriction. Thus, it regulates the body's mean arterial blood pressure.
Normal values of renin range from 0.2 to 3.3 ng/mL/hour.
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