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RENIN-LIKE activity has been found in several extra renal tissues1–3, and the isolated perfused rabbit uterus releases renin-like material in response to pharmacological stimulants4. Capelli et al.5 found plasma renin-like activity in anephric women but not in two anephric men. Finding detectable renin-like activity only in the uterus at post-mortem in one female, they postulated uterus as the likely source of the plasma renin-like material. The present study provides evidence of renin-like material in male as well as female anephric patients, thus implicating a source other than uterus for some of this material.
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MCKENZIE, J., MONTGOMERIE, J. Renin-like Activity in the Plasma of Anephric Men. Nature 223, 1156 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/2231156a0
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