Increased circulating levels of angiotensin-(1-7) in severely ill COVID-19 patients

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Aug 2;7(3):00114-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00114-2021. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Abstract

This letter reports an unexpected increase of the ACE2 product angiotensin-(1-7) and a parallel decrease of its substrate angiotensin II, suggesting a dysregulation of the renin-angiotensin system towards angiotensin-(1-7) formation in #COVID19 patients https://bit.ly/3xFXuTU.