Serum ACE2, Angiotensin II, and Aldosterone Levels Are Unchanged in Patients With COVID-19

The role of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is controversially discussed. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) enters host cells by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) and activity of the RAAS may affect sus...

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Published in:	American journal of hypertension Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 278
Main Authors:	Rieder, Marina, Wirth, Luisa, Pollmeier, Luisa, Jeserich, Maren, Goller, Isabella, Baldus, Niklas, Schmid, Bonaventura, Busch, Hans-Joerg, Hofmann, Maike, Kern, Winfried, Bode, Christoph, Duerschmied, Daniel, Lother, Achim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 02.04.2021
Subjects:	Aldosterone - blood Angiotensin II - blood Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 - blood Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use Blood Pressure Determination - statistics & numerical data COVID-19 - blood COVID-19 - diagnosis COVID-19 - epidemiology COVID-19 - physiopathology Female Germany - epidemiology Humans Hypertension - blood Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - epidemiology Hypertension - physiopathology Male Middle Aged Outcome Assessment, Health Care Potassium - blood Prospective Studies Renin-Angiotensin System - physiology SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification Germany COVID-19 ACE2 blood pressure SARS-CoV-2 aldosterone angiotensin II hypertension
ISSN:	1941-7225, 1941-7225
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