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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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Autores principales: Xiao, Fengxia, Hiremath, Swapnil, Knoll, Greg, Zimpelmann, Joseph, Srivaratharajah, Kajenny, Jadhav, Deepak, Fergusson, Dean, Kennedy, Chris R. J., Burns, Kevin D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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