THE plasma kinins are vasoactive polypeptides deriveoteins. Plasma kinin-forming enzyme, named kallikrein, produces plasma kinins when incubated with plasma or fractionated globulin. Trypsin and ...

Angioedema is a nonitchy, pale swelling of subcutaneous or submucosal tissue that tends to recur chronically and can become life-threatening if the swelling occurs in the upper airways or can be very ...

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Clinically validated biomarker assay has potential to eventually expand treatment opportunities of deucrictibant into additional forms of bradykinin-mediated angioedema Epidemiologic data and ...

A new paper published in Nature Communications adds further evidence to the bradykinin storm theory of COVID-19's viral pathogenesis - a theory that was posited two years ago by a team of researchers ...