Evidencia de que los macrófagos en las lesiones ateroscleróticas contienen angiotensina II

D D Potter1, C G Sobey, P K Tompkins

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242, USA.

Circulation
|September 4, 1998
PubMed
Resumen

La angiotensina II (Ang II) está presente en las lesiones ateroscleróticas tanto en monos como en humanos. Este péptido se colocaliza con los macrófagos y disminuye a medida que la aterosclerosis retrocede en los monos.

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