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REN renin

ENSG00000143839 · protein coding · Open Targets profile

Renin is a highly specific endopeptidase, whose only known function is to generate angiotensin I from angiotensinogen in the plasma, initiating a cascade of reactions that produce an elevation of blood pressure and increased sodium retention by the kidney. .

None of the 4 drugs recorded against REN is approved yet; 1 reached Phase 3

Each band is a group of drugs. It runs from the kind of drug on the left to the furthest stage that drug has reached in any disease on the right. Thicker bands mean more drugs.

1 small molecule drug at Phase 3: SITOKIREN1 small molecule drug at Phase 2: IMARIKIREN HYDROCHLORIDE2 small molecule drugs at Withdrawn: ALISKIREN FUMARATE, ALISKIRENSmall molecule 4Phase 3 1Phase 2 1Withdrawn 2

Approved bands are highlighted. Withdrawn means the drug was pulled from the market or from development. A combined phase counts as the later one (Phase 1/2 is shown as Phase 2). Hover a band for the drug names. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

In 3 of 13 cancers, the evidence for REN comes mainly from inherited variants

Each row is a cancer, strongest overall evidence first. The two dots show how strong the inherited (germline) and tumour-mutation (somatic) evidence is; the line between them is the gap.

Inherited (germline) variantsMutations in tumours (somatic)
00.250.50.751hepatoblastomahepatoblastomahepatoblastoma: germline 0.43glioblastomaglioblastomapapillary renal cell carcinomapapillary renal cell carcinomapapillary renal cell carcinoma: germline 0.12ovarian neoplasmovarian neoplasmovarian neoplasm: germline 0.11renal cell carcinomarenal cell carcinomaprostate carcinomaprostate carcinomaFamilial prostate cancerFamilial prostate cancerprostate cancerprostate cancerhereditary pheochromocytoma-paraganglio…hereditary pheochromocytoma-paragangliomapheochromocytomapheochromocytomaWilms tumorWilms tumorNephroblastomaNephroblastomatyrosinemia type Ityrosinemia type I

Scores run from 0 (no evidence) to 1 (strongest). A missing dot at 0 means Open Targets holds no evidence of that kind. Source: Open Targets Platform, fetched live.

Tractability

Small molecule
Approved Drug, Structure with Ligand, High-Quality Ligand, High-Quality Pocket, Druggable Family
Antibody
UniProt loc high conf, GO CC high conf, UniProt SigP or TMHMM
PROTAC
Small Molecule Binder

gnomAD loss of function constraint: o/e 0.8640199899673462 (upper bound 1.1175999641418457). Low values mean loss of function is poorly tolerated, a safety flag for inhibition.

Who runs trials of these drugs

No named investigators on registry trials of REN's approved or late-stage drugs in the last three years.

No terminated, withdrawn or suspended trials of REN's drugs are registered

Paediatric incentives and obligations for REN's drugs

For sitokiren, imarikiren: what EMA and FDA publish about paediatric plans, orphan status and pediatric approvals, and how many registered studies take children. Each line is a yes, no or not published fact from the record linked under it; none of it is a forecast.

Rare pediatric disease voucher. FDA, content current as of 29 Apr 2026: “As of February 3, 2026, enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, the rare pediatric disease PRV program will sunset after September 30, 2029. FDA may not award any PRVs under this program after September 30, 2029.” Voucher sale prices are not shown here; they appear only as company-reported news. FDA: Rare Pediatric Disease Designation and Priority Review Voucher Programs

All 4 drugs and clinical candidates as a table

Each drug, stage and indication links to its Open Targets record, where the trials and approvals behind it are listed. Salt forms (for example a mesylate) are listed as Open Targets records them, as separate entries.

DrugTypeHighest stageIndicationsSource records
SITOKIRENSmall moleculephase 3essential hypertension, ulcerative colitis, hypertensive disorder, diabetic kidney diseaseOpen Targets · ChEMBL
IMARIKIREN HYDROCHLORIDESmall moleculephase 2type 2 diabetes mellitus, Moderate albuminuriaOpen Targets · ChEMBL
ALISKIREN FUMARATESmall moleculewithdrawalhypertensive disorder, stroke disorder, essential hypertensionOpen Targets · ChEMBL
ALISKIRENSmall moleculewithdrawalhypertensive disorder, cardiovascular disorder, heart failure, essential hypertension, diabetes mellitus, left ventricular hypertrophy, impaired renal function disease, coronary artery disorder, +21 moreOpen Targets · ChEMBL