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Trilogy of ACE2: A peptidase in the renin–angiotensin system, a SARS receptor, and a partner for amino acid transporters

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) 2 is a homolog to the carboxypeptidase ACE, which generates angiotensin II, the main active peptide of renin–angiotensin system (RAS). After the cloning of ACE2 in 2000, three major ACE2 functions have been described so far. First ACE2 has emerged as a potent nega...

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Autores principales: Kuba, Keiji, Imai, Yumiko, Ohto-Nakanishi, Takayo, Penninger, Josef M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7112678/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20599443
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pharmthera.2010.06.003