[HTML][HTML] Increased cyclooxygenase-2, hyperfiltration, glomerulosclerosis, and diabetic nephropathy: put the blame on the (pro) renin receptor?

G Nguyen - Kidney international, 2006 - Elsevier
G Nguyen
Kidney international, 2006Elsevier
Interaction between the renin-angiotensin system and cyclooxygenases in the kidney
regulates renal microcirculation. Activation of the (pro) renin receptor has profibrotic effects,
and now Kaneshiroet al. show that it also increases COX-2 synthesis. These results may
have therapeutic implications, as blocking (pro) renin-receptor interaction would prevent the
increase of angiotensin generation and prostaglandin synthesis, two phenomena underlying
the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.
Interaction between the renin-angiotensin system and cyclooxygenases in the kidney regulates renal microcirculation. Activation of the (pro)renin receptor has profibrotic effects, and now Kaneshiroet al. show that it also increases COX-2 synthesis. These results may have therapeutic implications, as blocking (pro)renin-receptor interaction would prevent the increase of angiotensin generation and prostaglandin synthesis, two phenomena underlying the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy.
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