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. 2020 Sep 17;101:42–45. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.041

Table 1.

Effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) down-regulation and angiotensin II (AngII) signalling on endothelial cells and macrophages.

Effects of ACE2 down-regulation
Effects of Angiotensin II signalling
Expression Macrophages References Endothelial cells References Macrophages References Endothelial cells References
TNFa Increased Thomas et al. (2010), Thatcher et al. (2012) Increased Thomas et al. (2010) Increased Nakamura et al. (1999), Thomas et al. (2010), Thatcher et al. (2012), Wu et al. (2020) Increased Ruiz-Ortega et al. 2002), Nakamura et al. (1999)
MIF n/a Increased Zhong et al. (2008) n/a Increased Zhong et al. (2008)
MCP1 Increased Thomas et al. (2010) Increased Thomas et al. (2010) n/a Increased Thomas et al. (2010)
Il-6 Increased Thomas et al. (2010) Increased Thomas et al. (2010) Increased Nakamura et al. (1999), Thomas et al. (2010), Wu et al. (2020) Increased Thomas et al. (2010), Thatcher et al. (2012)
eNOS n/a Decreased Zhong et al. (2008), Rabelo et al. (2016) n/a Decreased Zhong et al. (2008)
iNOS Increased Thomas et al. (2010) n/a Increased Nagareddy et al. (2005) Increased Vincent et al. (2000)
MMP2/9 Increased Thomas et al. (2010) Increased Thomas et al. (2010) n/a n/a n/a

eNOS, endothelial nitric oxide synthase; IL-6, interleukin 6; iNOS, inducible nitric oxide synthase; MCP1, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; MIF, macrophage inhibitory factor; MMP2/9, matrix metalloproteinase 2/9; NA, not available; TNFα, tumour necrosis factor alpha.