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Folia Med Cracov
; 53(1): 31-9, 2013.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24858328
RESUMO
The local renin-angiotensin system (RAS) in the placenta plays a very important role in placental development. It is well known that during normal pregnancy most of the circulating and local RAS components are over-expressed and any disruption of this new balance may cause pregnancy complications. The aim of this study was to assess the metabolism of Ang I in placentas from normal pregnancy, in an ex vivo model, using an LC/MS method. The obtained results suggest that placental tissue is able to produce many angiotensin peptides but the main metabolite is Ang-(1-7).