“…5,6 On the other hand, prorenin, the inactive precursor of renin, has been found to synthesize not only in the juxtaglomerular cells but also in many other tissues such as the collecting duct, adrenal, zona glomerulosa, eye, Müller cells, mast cells, ovary, thecal cells, uterus, myometrium/decidual cells, placenta, chorionic cells, testis and Leydig cells, and submandibular gland. 7 Prorenin is secreted from these tissues into the blood constitutively 5,6,8 and its level in the circulation is 10 times higher than that of mature renin. 9,10 The precursor of renin is inactive, because the prosegment region with 43 amino acid residues covers the active site of renin with 339-341 residues.…”