Modulation of Functionally Active Endothelin-Converting Enzyme by Chronic Neutral Endopeptidase Inhibition in Experimental Atherosclerosis
- 25 April 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 101 (16) , 1976-1981
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.101.16.1976
Abstract
Background—Endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) processes big endothelin-1 (ET-1) to ET-1, a peptide implicated in atheroma formation. ECE-1 exists in 2 isoforms (ECE-1α and ECE-1β), the result o...Keywords
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