Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
Abstract
To clarify the relationship between the alterations of the levels of angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) and diabetic nephropathy, ACE activity in the lung, liver, kid-ney and serum were investigated in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rats. The levels of serum ACE activity unchanged 3 days post STZ treatment but it was significantly an increase 12 and 30 days post STZ treatment in diabetic rats (p
DOI
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Keywords
Angiotensin Converting Enzyme, Streptozotocin-Diabetes, Nephropathy.
First Page
231
Last Page
238
Recommended Citation
ÜSTÜNDAĞ, Bilal; ÇAY, Mehmet; ÖZERCAN, İbrahim H.; NAZIROĞLU, Mustafa; and İLHAN, Necip (1998) "Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Activity in theSerum, Lung, Liver and Kidney in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats and Diabetic Nephropathy," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 28: No. 3, Article 3. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol28/iss3/3
