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Levels of angiotensin-converting enzyme 1 and 2 in serum and urine of children with Sickle Cell Disease

Brazilian Journal of Nephrology, 2021
Introduction: Sickle cell nephropathy begins in childhood and presents early increases in glomerular filtration, which, over the long term, can lead to chronic renal failure.
Ho Chi Hsien, Dulce Elena Casarini, João Tomas de Abreu Carvalhaes, Fernanda Aparecida Ronchi, Lilian Caroline Gonçalves de Oliveira, Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini Braga   +5 more
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Research progress on the relationship between ACE2 ⁃ Ang ⁃ (1 ⁃ 7) ⁃ MasR axis and central nervous system diseases

Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2022
Renin⁃angiotensin system (RAS) plays an important role in maintaining cardiovascular homeostasis, water and electrolyte balance in the body, and angiotensin converting enzyme Ⅱ (ACE2) and its axis of action angiotensin⁃(1⁃7) [Ang⁃(1⁃7)] and Mas receptor (
LIANG He , LIN Jian⁃wen , MO Ming, XIE Lu⁃shuang , DU Shi⁃wei , LIU Yi   +5 more
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Aristolochic acid induces chronic kidney disease in ace knockout mice

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2021
Background: Aristolochic acid I (AAI) is an extract from Chinese herbs that causes progressive interstitial nephritis. The aim of this research is to know whether chymases play the crucial role in AAI-induced nephropathy.
Jia-Ping Wu
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The role of angiotensin I converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism in the severity and outcomes of COVID-19 patients

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
The pandemic of coronavirus disease in 2019 has led to a global crisis. COVID-19 shows distinct clinical manifestations of the severity of symptoms. Numerous patients with no associated risk factors demonstrate acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Mitra Rezaei, Mitra Rezaei, Hadiseh Mohammadpour, Mahya Eftekhari, Mihan Pourabdollah, Farinaz Nasr Azadani, Payam Tabarsi, Majid Marjani, Seyed Ali Ziai   +8 more
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The toxicity of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors to larvae of the disease vectors Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae [PDF]

, 2017
The control of mosquitoes is threatened by the appearance of insecticide resistance and therefore new control chemicals are urgently required. Here we show that inhibitors of mosquito peptidyl dipeptidase, a peptidase related to mammalian angiotensin ...
A Enayati, A Vandingenen, A Vandingenen, ACM Camargo, AD Haddow, C Harrison, CM Rylett, CS Anthony, D Borovsky, D Borovsky, D Borovsky, DW Cushman, DW Cushman, E Lemeire, EG Erdos, EK Thomsen, G Wijffels, H Ranson, HR Corradi, HR Corradi, JJ Xu, K Arnold, K Hens, KR Acharya, L Bordoli, L Vercruysse, M Akif, M Akif, M Biasini, MA Hayashi, MA Johansson, MA Ondetti, MJ Cornell, N Basso, N Macours, NS Lamango, NS Lamango, NS Lamango, P Corvol, R Natesh, R Natesh, RE Isaac, RE Isaac, RJ Siviter, RL Soffer, S Burnham, S Kumar, S McNicholas, SH Ferreira, TA Williams, U Ekbote, U Ekbote, UV Ekbote, VR Chintapalli, X Houard   +54 more
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Diferenças entre os sexos na atividade da enzima conversora de angiotensina e na pressão arterial em crianças: um estudo observacional Gender differences in serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity and blood pressure in children: an observational study

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2008
FUNDAMENTO: A enzima conversora da angiotensina (ECA), principal enzima do sistema renina-angiotensina (SRA), desempenha um papel importante na regulação da pressão arterial. A atividade enzimática da ECA e sua relação com a pressão arterial (PA) durante
Patricia Landazuri, Claudia Granobles, Nelsy Loango   +2 more
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The angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene family of Anopheles gambiae [PDF]

, 2005
Background Members of the M2 family of peptidases, related to mammalian angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), play important roles in regulating a number of physiological processes.
Burnham, S., Isaac, R.E., Lee, A.J., Shirras, A.D., Smith, J.A.   +4 more
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Contribution of exopeptidases to formation of nonprotein nitrogen during ensiling of alfalfa [PDF]

, 2011
The experiment was conducted to investigate the exopeptidase classes in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) leaves, and to determine their contribution to the formation of nonprotein nitrogen (NPN) components during ensiling.
Cheng, W., Guo, X. S., Guo, XS (reprint author), Lanzhou Univ, Sch Life Sci, MOE Key Lab Arid & Grassland Ecol, Lanzhou 730000, Peoples R China., Long, R. J., Tao, L., Zhou, H., Zhu, Y.   +6 more
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Inhibition of Human Cathepsins B and L by Caffeic Acid and Its Derivatives

Biomolecules, 2020
Caffeic acid (CA) and its derivatives caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE) and chlorogenic acid (CGA) are phenolic compounds of plant origin with a wide range of biological activities. Here, we identify and characterize their inhibitory properties against
Liza Ulčakar, Marko Novinec
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Interactions between the endocrine and immune systems in locusts [PDF]

, 2003
The prophenoloxidase cascade in the haemolymph of mature adult Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R & F) is activated in response to injection of laminarin, a -1,3 glucan.
Chandrakant, S., Goldsworthy, Graham J., Mullen, Lisa M., Opoku-Ware, K.   +3 more
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