European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on April 15, 2005
European Heart Journal 2005 26(11):1142-1143; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi275
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Myocardial infarction increases ACE2 expression in rat and humans: reply
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Baker Heart Research Institute
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Baker Heart Research Institute
Melbourne
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Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the comments from Ferrario and co-workers.2 We reported that myocardial infarction (MI) leads to significant upregulation of cardiac ACE2 mRNA in the SpragueDawley rat,1 and that treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor