Often patients and doctors do not know the cause of an inherited kidney disease in their family. This webpage is intended to help patients identify the cause of kidney disease in their family. There are three things that are important to know about an inherited kidney disease:
Acetyl hexapeptide-3 or acetyl hexapeptide-8 (sources differ) is a synthetic anti-wrinkle cosmetics ingredient. It is a peptide which is a fragment of SNAP-25, a substrate of Botulinum toxin (Botox). Acetyl hexapeptide-8 is marketed as Argireline by the Barcelona-based research laboratory Lipotec.
The kallikrein-kinin system is complex, with several bioactive peptides that are formed in many different compartments. kinninogens high-molecular weight kininogen low-molecular weight kininogen T-kininogen (in rats) vasoactive peptides bradykinin , kallidin [des-Arg] kinins and B1 receptors