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. 2020 Jun 12:10:340.
doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2020.00340. eCollection 2020.

SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis: Imbalance in the Renin-Angiotensin System Favors Lung Fibrosis

M Victoria Delpino  1   2 , Jorge Quarleri  2   3
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SARS-CoV-2 Pathogenesis: Imbalance in the Renin-Angiotensin System Favors Lung Fibrosis

M Victoria Delpino et al. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ACE2; ANG1-7; Fibrosis; Renin angiotensin system (RAS); SARS-CoV-2.

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The renin–angiotensin system in homeostasis and in SARS-Cov-2 infection. Angiotensin I (AgnI), Angiotensin II (AgnII), Angiotensin 1-7 (Agn1-7), angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).
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