Diabetes and radiocontrast media increase endothelin converting enzyme-1 in the kidney
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Localization of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 in human kidney.
The distribution of endothelin-converting enzyme-1 (ECE-1) mRNA and protein was investigated in human kidney excised because of renal tumors. ECE-1 immunoreactivity was detected by immunohistochemistry throughout the different areas of the kidney in the vascular and tubular structures. In the cortex, ECE-1 immunostaining was present in the endothelial surface of arcuate and interlobular arterie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Kidney International
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0085-2538
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.112