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Lack of angiotensin II-facilitated erythropoiesis causes anemia in angiotensin-converting enzyme-deficient mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2000
Cole J, Ertoy D, Lin H, Sutliff R L, Ezan E, Guyene T T, Capecchi M, Corvol P, Bernstein K E
Abstract excerpt
While nephrologists often observe reduced hematocrit associated with inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), the basis for this effect is not well understood. We now report that two strains of ACE knockout mice have a normocytic anemia associated with elevated plasma erythropoietin lev...
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