New data from Japan and Poland lluminates research in diabetes

Study 1: Prorenin receptor blockade inhibits development of glomerulosclerosis in diabetic angiotensin II type 1a receptor-deficient mice.

According to a study from Japan, "Blockade of the renin-angiotensin system slows the progression of diabetic nephropathy but fails to abolish the development of end-stage nephropathy of diabetes. The prorenin-to-active renin ratio significantly increases in diabetes, and prorenin binding to its receptor in diabetic animal kidney induces the nephropathy without its conventional proteolytic activation, suggesting that angiotensin II (AngII) may not be...

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