Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Regulates Cell Proliferation and Migration.

The angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) plays a central role in the renin-angiotensin system, acting by converting the hormone angiotensin-I to the active peptide angiotensin-II (Ang-II). More recently, ACE was shown to act as a receptor for Ang-II, and its expression level was demonstrated to be...

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Main Authors: Erika Costa de Alvarenga, Matheus de Castro Fonseca, Clarissa Coelho Carvalho, Rodrigo Machado Florentino, Andressa França, Eveline Matias, Paola Bianchi Guimarães, Carolina Batista, Valder Freire, Adriana Karaoglanovic Carmona, João Bosco Pesquero, Ana Maria de Paula, Giselle Foureaux, Maria de Fatima Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5167550?pdf=render