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Increased Urinary Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Renal Transplant Patients with Diabetes
Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is expressed in the kidney and may be a renoprotective enzyme, since it converts angiotensin (Ang) II to Ang-(1-7). ACE2 has been detected in urine from patients with chronic kidney disease. We measured urinary ACE2 activity and protein levels in renal transpla...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358292/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037649 |