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[Stimulation of renin secretion in vitro by a factor in serum of rats (author's transl)]
Research in Experimental Medicine. Zeitschrift Fur Die Gesamte Experimentelle Medizin Einschliesslich Experimenteller Chirurgie
|November 26, 1975
Abstract:
The stimulating effect of rat serum on renin release from kidney slices of this species was demonstrated. This "renin-releasing-factor" is not dialysable. It can be activated at 56 degree C. The factor is found in the gamma-Globulin and the albumin fraction of serum. Its role is discussed in a possible system of humoral regulation of RAS in the manner of a feed back mechanism including a releasing system.
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