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Deletion of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 promotes the development of atherosclerosis and arterial neointima formation.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Feb 2014
Sahara Makoto, Ikutomi Masayasu, Morita Toshihiro, Minami Yoshiyasu, Nakajima Toshiaki, Hirata Yasunobu, Nagai Ryozo, Sata Masataka
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AIMS: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is known as a negative regulator of the renin-angiotensin system. We aimed to determine the roles of ACE2 on the development of vascular diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS: Using two diversely different models of vascular diseases, hyperlipidaemia-induced atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E knockout (KO) mice and mechanical injury-induced arterial neointimal hyperplasia in...
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