Increased circulating levels of angiotensin-(1-7) in severely ill COVID-19 patients.

ABSTRACT: This letter reports an unexpected increase of the ACE2 product angiotensin-(1-7) and a parallel decrease of its substrate angiotensin II, suggesting a dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin system towards angiotensin-(1-7) formation in #COVID19 patients https://bit.ly/3xFXuTU.

SUBMITTER: Valle Martins AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8326714 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature