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Overexpression of ACE2 Enhances Plaque Stability in a Rabbit Model of Atherosclerosis

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2008

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Bo Dong, Cheng Zhang, Jing Bo Feng, Yu Zhao, Shu Ying Li, Ya Pei Yang, Qiu Dong, Bi Ping Deng, Li Zhu, Qing Yu,
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Abstract

Overexpression of ACE2 results in stabilized atherosclerotic plaques and the mechanism is probably the conversion of vasoconstrictive angiotensin II to vessel protective angiotensin 1-7.

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