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ACE2 Is Augmented in Dystrophic Skeletal Muscle and Plays a Role in Decreasing Associated Fibrosis

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common inherited neuromuscular disease and is characterized by absence of the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin, muscle wasting, and fibrosis. We previously demonstrated that systemic infusion or oral administration of angiotensin-(1-7) (Ang-(1-7)), a pept...

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Autores principales: Riquelme, Cecilia, Acuña, María José, Torrejón, Javiera, Rebolledo, Daniela, Cabrera, Daniel, Santos, Robson A., Brandan, Enrique
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3973684/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24695436
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093449