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Adipocyte deficiency of ACE2 increases systolic blood pressures of obese female C57BL/6 mice
BACKGROUND: Obesity increases the risk for hypertension in both sexes, but the prevalence of hypertension is lower in females than in males until menopause, despite a higher prevalence of obesity in females. We previously demonstrated that angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which cleaves the va...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6727421/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31484552 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13293-019-0260-8 |