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The '''kinin-kallikrein system''' is a "system of metabolic interactions by products produced in the distal nephron of the [[kidney]]. These products include kallikrein; [[kinins]]; kininase I; kininase II; and enkephalinase. This system participates in the control of renal functions. It interacts with the [[Renin-angiotensin system | renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]] to regulate [[blood pressure]], generation of [[prostaglandin]]s, release of [[vasopressin]]s, and water-electrolyte balance"<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
The '''kallikrein-kinin system''' is a "system of metabolic interactions by products produced in the distal nephron of the [[kidney]]. These products include kallikrein; [[kinins]]; kininase I; kininase II; and enkephalinase. This system participates in the control of renal functions. It interacts with the [[Renin-angiotensin system | renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system]] to regulate [[blood pressure]], generation of [[prostaglandin]]s, release of [[vasopressin]]s, and water-electrolyte balance"<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
 
==Components and mechanisms==
Kallikreins are serine endopeptidase (proteases) that act on kininogens to form the kinins [[bradykinin]] and kalidin.<ref name="isbn0-07-144040-2p578">{{cite book |author=Ganong, William F. |title=Review of medical physiology |publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical |location= |year=2005 |pages=578 |isbn=0-07-144040-2 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> There are three types of kallikreins:
* Tissue kallikrein
* Plasma kallikrein activates Factor XII to initiate the instrinsic pathway of [[coagulation]].
* [[Prostate-specific antigen]]
 
Kininase I and kininase II inactivate [[bradykinin]] and kalidin.<ref name="isbn0-07-144040-2p577">{{cite book |author=Ganong, William F. |title=Review of medical physiology |publisher=McGraw-Hill Medical |location= |year=2005 |pages=577 |isbn=0-07-144040-2 |oclc= |doi=}}</ref> Kininase II, formally called [[peptidyl-dipeptidase A]], is the same enzyme as angiotensin converting enzyme.


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The kallikrein-kinin system is a "system of metabolic interactions by products produced in the distal nephron of the kidney. These products include kallikrein; kinins; kininase I; kininase II; and enkephalinase. This system participates in the control of renal functions. It interacts with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system to regulate blood pressure, generation of prostaglandins, release of vasopressins, and water-electrolyte balance"[1]

Components and mechanisms

Kallikreins are serine endopeptidase (proteases) that act on kininogens to form the kinins bradykinin and kalidin.[2] There are three types of kallikreins:

Kininase I and kininase II inactivate bradykinin and kalidin.[3] Kininase II, formally called peptidyl-dipeptidase A, is the same enzyme as angiotensin converting enzyme.

References

  1. Anonymous (2024), Kallikrein-kinin system (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. Ganong, William F. (2005). Review of medical physiology. McGraw-Hill Medical, 578. ISBN 0-07-144040-2. 
  3. Ganong, William F. (2005). Review of medical physiology. McGraw-Hill Medical, 577. ISBN 0-07-144040-2.