Elevated serum angiotensin converting enzyme levels as a reflection of bone marrow renin-angiotensin system activation in multiple myeloma


Albayrak M., Celebi H., Albayrak A., Sayilir A., YEŞİL Y., Balcik O. S., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF THE RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.259-264, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

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Introduction: Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) is a circulating enzyme that participates in the body's renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and is localized on the endothelial cell surface in the lung and other vascular beds. It catalyses the conversion of decapeptide angiotensin I to octapeptide angiotensin II. In the present study, we aimed to analyse the possible relationship between the levels of ACE in the context of RAS in multiple myeloma (MM) pathogenesis.