Angiotensin converting enzyme-2 confers endothelial protection and attenuates atherosclerosis.

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Published in Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol on July 25, 2008

Authors

Fina Lovren1, Yi Pan, Adrian Quan, Hwee Teoh, Guilin Wang, Praphulla C Shukla, Kevin S Levitt, Gavin Y Oudit, Mohammed Al-Omran, Duncan J Stewart, Arthur S Slutsky, Mark D Peterson, Peter H Backx, Josef M Penninger, Subodh Verma

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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