Expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and its end product angiotensin 1-7 is increased in diabetic atheroma: Implications for inflammation and neovascularization

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-48

  Purushothaman, K Raman ^a   Krishnan, Prakash ^a   Purushothaman, Meerarani ^a   Wiley, Jose ^a   Alviar, Carlos L ^a   Ruiz, Fernando J ^a   Zubatov, Yelena ^a   Kini, Annapoorna S ^a   Sharma, Samin K ^a   Fuster, Valentin ^a,b   Moreno, Pedro R ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACE2; Diabetes mellitus; Inflammation; Neovascularization; Peripheral vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN CONVERTING ENZYME 2; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSIN[1-7]; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROMA; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN I; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RECEPTOR, ANGIOTENSIN, TYPE 1; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84870925428     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: 18791336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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