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Expression of ACE mRNA in the human atrial myocardium is not dependent on left ventricular function, ACE inhibitor therapy, or the ACE I/D genotype.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Nov 1999
Spruth E, Zurbrügg H R, Warnecke C, Erdmann J, Pregla R, Pfautsch P, Hetzer R, Fleck E, Regitz-Zagrosek V
Abstract excerpt
The activity of the cardiac renin-angiotensin system is altered in human heart failure, but the regulatory mechanisms are unknown. We analyzed whether angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) mRNA expression in heart failure is altered in the atrial myocardium, and whether a correlation exists between...
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